Clinical quality indicators in laboratory medicine

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-16

  Barth, Julian H ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TIME;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84855971335     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2011.011126     Document Type: Article

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