Laboratory Diagnostics and Quality of Blood Collection

Journal of Medical Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 288-294

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a,b,c,d   Lippi, Giuseppe ^e   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Picheth, Geraldo ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Pedro Ernesto   (Brazil)

^e ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bezbednost pacijenata; flebotomija; medicinske ge ke; poveska; rukovanje uzorcima; uzimanje uzoraka krvi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLEANING; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; PUNCTURE; PUNCTURE SITE CLEANSING; TOURNIQUET;

EID: 84938323789     PISSN: 14528258     EISSN: 14528266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/jomb-2014-0043     Document Type: Article

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