An Italian External Quality Assessment (EQA) program on urinary sediment

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 859-867

  Fogazzi, Giovanni B ^a   Secchiero, Sandra ^b   Consonni, Dario ^a   Sciacovelli, Laura ^b   Zardo, Lorena ^b   Garigali, Giuseppe ^a   Verdesca, Simona ^a   Messa, Piergiorgio ^a   Plebani, Mario ^b,c  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b Centro di Ricerca Biomedica ^*  (Italy)

^c Leonardo Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

External Quality Assessment programs; Urinalysis; Urinary sediment

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URETER STONE; URINALYSIS; URINARY CAST; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE SEDIMENT; VAGINAL SECRETION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STANDARD;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ITALY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 79952001991     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.02.073     Document Type: Article

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