Quality error rates in point-of-care testing

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1267-1271

  O'Kane, Maurice J ^a   McManus, Paul ^a   McGowan, Noel ^a   Lynch, P L Mark ^a  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; KETONE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINE DIPSTICK TEST;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 80052238986     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.164517     Document Type: Article

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