Application of failure mode and effects analysis in a clinical chemistry laboratory

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 448, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-85

  Jiang, Yuanyuan ^a   Jiang, Hongmin ^a   Ding, Siyi ^a   Liu, Qin ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Failure mode and effects analysis; Laboratory management; Laboratory testing process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PRIORITY NUMBER; RISK REDUCTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; HEMOLYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84947720065     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2015.06.016     Document Type: Article

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