Accreditation in clinical laboratories

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Zima, Tomáš ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Accreditation; ISO 15189 standard; Quality system

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EID: 77953856381     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/bm.2010.026     Document Type: Review

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