The "hospital central laboratory": Automation, integration and clinical usefulness

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 911-917

  Zaninotto, Martina ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Leonardo Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

clinical laboratory automation; clinical laboratory benchmarking; consolidation; integration; laboratory professional; productivity

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; INTEGRATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TURNAROUND TIME;

AUTOMATION; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77954241396     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.192     Document Type: Review

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