Does POCT reduce the risk of error in laboratory testing?

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-64

  Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Errors; Latent condition for error; Patient safety; Point of care testing; Total testing process; Turn around time

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; MEDICAL ERRORS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67349154091     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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