Detection of preanalytic laboratory testing errors using a statistically guided protocol

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 406-413

  Baron, Jason M ^a   Mermel, Craig H ^a   Lewandrowski, Kent B ^a   Dighe, Anand S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision tree; Glucose; Informatics; Line draw; Machine learning; Preanalytic error

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION TREE; LABORATORY TEST; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84865436699     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPQIRIB3CT1EJV     Document Type: Article

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