Analytical interferences and analytical quality

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-40

  Sonntag, Oswald ^a  

^a Central Europe Scientific Affairs ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical errors; Calibration; Clinical laboratory; Drug interference; Patient safety; Quality control; Reference interval

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DRUG COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67349263544     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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