Types and frequency of errors during different phases of testing at a clinical medical laboratory of a teaching hospital in Tehran, Iran

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 224-228

  Abdollahi, Alireza ^a   Saffar, Hiva ^a   Saffar, Hana ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Different Pphases of Ttesting; Errors; Laboratory medicine

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ERROR FREQUENCY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; POSTANALYTICAL ERROR; PREANALYTICAL ERROR; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING ERROR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING;

EID: 84901368166     PISSN: 22501541     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.132941     Document Type: Article

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