The quality of the extra-analytical phase of laboratory practice in some developing European countries and Mexico - A multicentric study

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-228

  Simundic, Ana Maria ^a   Bilic Zulle, Lidija ^b   Nikolac, Nora ^a   Supak Smolcic, Vesna ^b   Honovic, Lorena ^c   Avram, Sanja ^d   Beregovaja, Elena ^e   Dobreanu, Minodora ^f   Guimaraes, Joao Tiago ^g   Kovacs, Gabor L ^h   Singh, Nada Majkic ⁱ   Sierra Amor, Rosa Isabel ^j   Sypniewska, Grazyna ^k   Zima, Tomas ^l  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL PULA   (Croatia)

^d Clinical Center of Banja Luka   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^e Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics ^*  (Ukraine)

^f Central Laboratory   (Romania)

^g HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

ⁱ CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^j Laboratorio Laquims SC   (Mexico)

^k University Hospital   (Poland)

^l CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

errors; extra analytical quality; laboratory testing; quality; survey

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEXICO; PHLEBOTOMY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SERBIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UKRAINE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952080060     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.034     Document Type: Article

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