Preanalytical mistakes in samples from primary care patients

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1549-1552

  Romero, Adolfo ^a   Cobos, Andrés ^a   López León, Ana ^b   Ortega, Germán ^c   Muñoz, Manuel ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^b Guadalhorce Primary Health Care District   (Spain)

^c Andalusian Health Service   (Spain)

^d GIEMSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood sampling; Mistake detection; Preanalytical mistakes; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING ERROR; URINALYSIS;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 73249151403     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.338     Document Type: Article

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