Study on turnaround time of biological analysis in urgent need in hospital laboratories;Étude sur les délais de rendu de résultats d'examens biologiques demandés en urgence dans les laboratoires hospitaliers

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 741-746

  Roubille, Martine ^a   Szymanowicz, Anton ^b   Cartier, Brigitte ^c   Albinet, Hélène ^d   Carlier, Alain ^e   Goux, Alain ^f   Lefevre, Fabrice ^b   Pellae, Isabelle ^b   Rozand, Isabelle ^g   Billion, Patrick ^b   Burtin, Marie Laure ^h   Mas, Philippe ⁱ  

^a Centre Hospitalier Pierre Oudot   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Lucien Hussel   (Austria)

^d Centre Hospitalier Bourran   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE ROUBAIX   (France)

^f Centre Hospitalier Chalon sur Saone   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^h Service de Biologie   (France)

ⁱ Service de Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Turnaround time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FRANCE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650462706     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: 19506112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/abc.2010.0490     Document Type: Article

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