Evaluation of errors in a clinical laboratory: A one-year experience

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-66

  Goswami, Binita ^a   Singh, Bhawna ^a   Chawla, Ranjna ^a   Mallika, Venkatesan ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Analytical errors; Clinical laboratory; Postanalytical errors; Preanalytical errors; Turn around time

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; EXPERIENCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN PUNCTURE; VENOUS BLOOD;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES;

EID: 74549191326     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.006     Document Type: Article

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