Automated validation of clinical laboratory test results: Do we get what we expect?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-380

  De Smet, Dieter ^a   Nanos, Nikolaos ^a   Martens, Geert A ^a   Smet, Lut ^a   Damiaens, Serge ^a   Van Moer, Guy ^a   De Pauw, Aline ^a   Jochmans, Kristin ^a   De Waele, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automated validation; Medical consultancy; VALAB (Validation Assist e pour LABoratoire)

Indexed keywords

BLOOD EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 63849198415     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.079     Document Type: Letter

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