Global trends in critical values practices and their harmonization

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-176

  Kost, Gerald J ^a   Hale, Kristin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

closed loop electronic reporting and acknowledgment; critical limits; ISO; point of care; standard of care; visual logistics

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ACCREDITATION; AGE; CANADA; CONSENSUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; NORTH AMERICA; PEDIATRICS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; PEDIATRICS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79952079012     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.033     Document Type: Review

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