Monitoring quality indicators in laboratory medicine does not automatically result in quality improvement

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 463-469

  Sciacovelli, Laura ^a   Sonntag, Oswald ^b   Padoan, Andrea ^a   Zambon, Carlo Federico ^a   Carraro, Paolo ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b RAD Data Communications GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

clinical laboratories; quality indicators; quality specifications; total testing process; turnaround time, quality in laboratory medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860460991     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2011.809     Document Type: Article

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