Reducing preanalytical laboratory sample errors through educational and technological interventions

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 911-917

  Lillo, Rosa ^a   Salinas, María ^a   Lopez Garrigós, Maite ^a   Naranjo Santana, Yurena ^a   Gutiérrez, Mercedes ^a   Marín, Maria Dolores ^a   Miralles, Manuel ^a   Uris, Joaquín ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Improvement strategies; Laboratory errors; Patient safety; Phlebotomy; Preanalytical phase; Quality in laboratory

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MONITORING; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBOTOMY; RELIABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOTOMY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84868514714     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2012.111111     Document Type: Article

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