Point of care testing-current and emerging quality perspectives

Point of Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  O'Kane, Maurice J ^a  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

point of care; quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894601346     PISSN: 1533029X     EISSN: 15330303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/POC.10.1097/POC.0000000000000008     Document Type: Review

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