Pneumatic tube delivery systems for patient samples: Evidence of quality and quality of evidence

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1245-1246

  Plebani, Mario ^a   Zaninotto, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY PARAMETERS; PARAMETER; PNEUMATIC TUBE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE QUALITY; SAMPLE TRANSPORT; SAMPLING; STORAGE; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TURNAROUND TIME;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051753675     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.216     Document Type: Editorial

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