Quality indicators;Indikatori kvalitete

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-319

  Šimundić, Ana Maria ^a   Topić, Elizabeta ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Benchmarking; Continuous improvement; Quality; Quality indicators; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54349101318     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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