Survey of critical value reporting and reduction of false-positive critical value results

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1666-1671

  Dighe, Anand S ^a   Jones, Jay B ^b   Parham, Sue ^c   Lewandrowski, Kent B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c American Association for Clinical Chemistry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM;

CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OUTPATIENT CARE; POLICY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; POTASSIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54449083985     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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