Are patients well informed about the fasting requirements for laboratory blood testing?

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 326-331

  Kackov, Sanja ^a   Simundic, Ana Maria ^b   Gatti Drnic, Ani ^a  

^a Policlinic Sunce   (Croatia)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Fasting; Patient education; Pre analytical variability; Quality indicators; Self report questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY BLOOD TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FASTING; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885064166     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2013.040     Document Type: Article

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