The brain-to-brain loop concept for laboratory testing 40 years after its introduction

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 829-833

  Plebani, Mario ^a   Laposata, Michael ^b   Lundberg, George D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain to brain loop; Decision making; Error analysis; Error reduction; Laboratory error; Laboratory test selection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BRAIN; BRAIN TO BRAIN LOOP; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PHYSICIANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 82655171626     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPR28HWHSSDNON     Document Type: Review

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