Development and implementation of an automatic system for verification, validation and delivery of laboratory test results

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1355-1360

  Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,b   Poli, Giovanni ^a,b   Bassi, Antonella ^a,b   Giobelli, Luca ^a   Benetollo, Pier Paolo ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information technology; Laboratory testing; Results; Validation; Verification

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 73349132371     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.316     Document Type: Article

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