A prospective tool for risk assessment of sendout testing

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 434, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-5

  Cole, Bonnie ^a,b   Dickerson, Jane A ^a,b   Graber, Mark L ^c,d   Fantz, Corinne R ^e   Laposata, Michael ^f   Henriksen, Kerm ^g   Astion, Michael L ^a,b   Epner, Paul ^h  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^h Paul Epner LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors; Laboratory risk; Reference laboratory; Referral laboratory; Risk assessment tool; Sendout

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; LABORATORY TEST; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENDOUT TESTING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DATA COLLECTION; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899548746     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.03.028     Document Type: Article

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