Monitoring and reporting of preanalytical errors in laboratory medicine: the UK situation

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 279-284

  Cornes, Michael P ^a,b   Atherton, Jennifer ^b,c   Pourmahram, Ghazaleh ^b,d   Borthwick, Hazel ^b,e   Kyle, Betty ^b,f   West, Jamie ^b,g   Costelloe, Seán J ^b,h  

^a ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine Preanalytical Working Group   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^d BD Diagnostics   (United Kingdom)

^e DARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Preanalytical error; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HEMOLYSIS; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY; MEDICAL ERROR; STANDARDS;

LABORATORIES; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84959152788     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563215599561     Document Type: Article

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