Current status of verification practices in clinical biochemistry in Spain

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1739-1746

  Gómez Rioja, Rubén ^a,g   Álvarez, Virtudes ^b,g   Ventura, Montserrat ^g   Alsina, M Jesús ^c,g   Barba, Núria ^d,g   Cortés, Mariano ^e,g   Llopis, María Antonia ^c,g   Martínez, Cecilia ^e,g   Ibarz, Mercè ^f,g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b Laboratori Clinic l'Hospitalet   (Spain)

^c Clinical Laboratory Barcelones Nord i Vallés Oriental ICS   (Spain)

^d Catlab   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^g Commn Qual Assurance in Preanalytical Phase of the Spanish Society of Clinical Biochemistry ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoverification; Clinical authorization; Postanalytical phase; Results verification

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPAIN;

EID: 84888095683     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0659     Document Type: Article

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