Hemolysis index: Quality indicator or criterion for sample rejection?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 899-902

  Plebani, Mario ^a,c   Lippi, Giuseppe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Working Group on Patient's Safety   (Italy)

Author keywords

Errors; Hemolysis; Patient safety; Technology

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY;

EID: 70349492209     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.229     Document Type: Editorial

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