Six Sigma® can be dangerous to your health

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-52

  Krouwer, Jan S ^a  

^a Krouwer Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical laboratory assay; Error grid; FMEA; Six Sigma; Total error

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149292967     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-008-0449-8     Document Type: Note

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