The standardization of urine particle counting in medical laboratories a Polish experience with the EQA programme

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-58

  Ćwiklińska, Agnieszka ^a   Ka̧kol, Judyta ^a   Kuchta, Agnieszka ^a   Kortas Stempak, Barbara ^a   Pacanis, Anastasis ^a   Rogulski, Jerzy ^b   Wrblewska, Małgorzata ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b Foundation of College of Laboratory Medicine ProQuality   (Poland)

Author keywords

External quality assessment; Microscopic urine examination; Standardization of urinalysis; Urinary sediment; Urine particle counting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION; URINALYSIS;

CELL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LEUKOCYTES; MEDICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 84856037095     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2011.628688     Document Type: Article

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