Impact of a satellite laboratory on turnaround times for the emergency department

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1464-1467

  Dhatt, Gurdeep ^a,c   Manna, Joseph ^b   Bishawi, Bassam ^a   Chetty, Diane ^b   Al Sheiban, Ahlam ^a   James, David ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Laboratory; Satellite; Turnaround times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SATELLITE LABORATORY; TURNAROUND TIME;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53849124310     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.290     Document Type: Article

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