Types and frequency of preanalytical errors in haematology lab

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2491-2493

  Upreti, Shashi ^a   Upreti, Sanjay ^a   Bansal, Rani ^a   Jeelani, Nadia ^a   Bharat, Vinay ^a  

^a SUBHARTI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Haematology; Laboratory; Pre analytical errors

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84887350487     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6399.3587     Document Type: Article

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