Role and Responsibilities of Laboratory Medicine Specialists in the Verification of Metrological Traceability of in Vitro Medical Diagnostics

Journal of Medical Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 282-287

  Braga, Federica ^a   Infusino, Ilenia ^a   Panteghini, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

analiticki ciljevi; nesigurnost; standardizacija

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CALIBRATOR; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG MANUFACTURE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC; IN VITRO STUDY; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84938311499     PISSN: 14528258     EISSN: 14528266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jomb-2015-0004     Document Type: Article

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