Governance of preanalytical variability: Travelling the right path to the bright side of the moon?

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-36

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Errors; Laboratory; Patient safety; Preanalytical variability; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67349222950     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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