Laboratory false-positive results: A clinician responsibility or a shared responsibility with requesting clinicians?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Salinas, Maria ^a,b   Lopez Garrigós, Maite ^a   Flors, Lucía ^c   Leiva Salinas, Carlos ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical laboratory; False positive results; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANXIETY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84888111613     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0043     Document Type: Letter

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