Post-analytical errors with portable glucose meters in the hospital setting

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-67

  Carraro, Paolo ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Glucose meters; Patient record; Point of care testing; Post analytical phase; Transcription errors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; GLUCOSE ASSAY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SAFETY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TURNAROUND TIME; WARD;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 67349234555     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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