The prevalence of preanalytical errors in a Croatian ISO 15189 accredited laboratory

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1009-1014

  Simundic, Ana Maria ^a   Nikolac, Nora ^a   Vukasovic, Ines ^a   Vrkic, Nada ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

hemolysis; preanalytical errors; quality; request form; sample

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CROATIA; ERROR; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; LABORATORY ERROR; LABORATORY TEST; OUTPATIENT; PREANALYTICAL ERROR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SAMPLING ERROR;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROATIA; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 77953868631     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.221     Document Type: Article

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