The IFCC Working Group on laboratory errors and patient safety

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-85

  Sciacovelli, Laura ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a,b  

^a Center of Biomedical Research   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

External Quality Assurance Program; Laboratory errors; Quality indicators; Quality system assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; ERROR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67349257919     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.03.025     Document Type: Article

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