Institutional practices and policies in acid-base testing: A self reported Croatian survey study on behalf of the Croatian society of medical biochemistry and laboratory medicine Working Group for acid-base balance

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 281-292

  Dukić, Lora ^a   Šimundić, Ana Maria ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blood gas analysis; Blood specimen collection; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; TRAINING;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CROATIA; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84902178659     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2014.031     Document Type: Article

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