Minor improvement of venous blood specimen collection practices in primary health care after a large-scale educational intervention

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 303-310

  Bölenius, Karin ^a   Söderberg, Johan ^a   Hultdin, Johan ^a   Lindkvist, Marie ^a   Brulin, Christine ^a   Grankvist, Kjell ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

haemolysis; intervention; medical errors; primary health care; quality indicator; venous blood specimen collection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

AGED; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84875454707     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0159     Document Type: Article

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