Achieving continuous improvement in laboratory organization through performance measurements: A seven-year experience

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-61

  Salinas, Maria ^a   López Garrigós, Maite ^a   Gutiérrez, Mercedes ^a   Lugo, Javier ^a   Sirvent, Jose Vicente ^a   Uris, Joaquin ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Laboratories; Quality assessment; Quality indicators; Quality of health care; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET; EXPERIENCE; LABORATORY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 74549160281     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.003     Document Type: Article

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