Chemistry and haematology sample rejection and clinical impact in a tertiary laboratory in Cape Town

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2047-2050

  Jacobsz, Lourens A ^a   Zemlin, Annalise E ^a   Roos, Mark J ^a   Erasmus, Rajiv T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Audit; Patient care; Pre analytical errors; Rejection rate; Turnaround time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURNAROUND TIME;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856543830     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.743     Document Type: Article

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