Interpretative reports and critical values

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-58

  Piva, Elisa ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical values communication; Interpretative reports; Laboratory testing process; Patient safety; Post analytical errors; Post analytical phase; Result interpretation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67349132353     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.03.028     Document Type: Article

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