Patient Safety & Post-analytical Error

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 183-194

  Walz, Stacy E ^a   Darcy, Teresa P ^b  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Post analytical; Post post analytical; Test result management

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84872434864     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: 15579832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2012.10.001     Document Type: Review

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