Survey on the prevalence of hemolytic specimens in an academic hospital according to collection facility: Opportunities for quality improvement

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 616-618

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Errors; Hemolysis; Laboratory testing; Quality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOLYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 67649235961     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.132     Document Type: Letter

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