The cost of poor blood specimen quality and errors in preanalytical processes

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 1175-1179

  Green, Sol F ^a  

^a BD Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical errors; Preanalytical phase; Specimen quality

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; TROPONIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882829879     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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