The feasibility and impact of midnight routine blood draws on laboratory orders and processing time

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 805-810

  Sorita, Atsushi ^a,b   Patterson, Aaron ^a   Landazuri, Patrick ^a,c   De Lin, Stacy ^a   Fischer, Colleen ^a   Husk, Gregg ^a   Sivaprasad, Latha ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow management; Laboratory turnaround times; Routine blood draws; Stat laboratory test orders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PILOT STUDY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TURNAROUND TIME; UNITED STATES; WARD; WORKING TIME;

FLOW MANAGEMENT; LABORATORY TURNAROUND TIMES; ROUTINE BLOOD DRAWS; STAT LABORATORY TEST ORDERS;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904488902     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPPL8KFH3KFHNV     Document Type: Article

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