The practice of venous blood collection among laboratory and non-laboratory professionals working in Ethiopian Government Hospitals: A comparative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Melkie, Mulugeta ^a   Girma, Abel ^a   Tsalla, Tsegaye ^a  

^a ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Pre analytical error; Venous blood collection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897640361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-88     Document Type: Article

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