A risk-analysis approach to the evaluation of analytical quality

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-71

  Ceriotti, Ferruccio ^a   Cappelletti, Piero ^b   Caputo, Marco ^c   Di Serio, Francesca ^d   Messeri, Gianni ^e   Ottomano, Cosimo ^f   Plebani, Mario ^g   Soffiati, Giuliano ^h  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^c Orlandi General Hospital   (Italy)

^d POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytical quality; Quality specifications; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; EVALUATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84857860663     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.740     Document Type: Article

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