Special issue: Quality in laboratory diagnostics: From theory to practice: Over view on patient safety in healthcare and laboratory diagnostics

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-142

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Simundic, Ana Maria ^b   Mattiuzzi, Camilla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Errors; Out come; Patient safety; Prevention; Quality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

EID: 77953821720     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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