The beginning of the second decade of the era of patient safety: Implications and roles for the clinical laboratory and laboratory professionals

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-27

  Hilborne, Lee H ^a,b,c   Lubin, Ira M ^d   Scheuner, Maren T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical laboratory; Information technology; Medical genetics; Multidisciplinary teams; Patient safety; Total genetic testing process

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG METABOLISM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 67349217809     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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