A multicentre observational study evaluating the effectiveness of a phlebotomy check-list in reducing preanalytical errors

Biochimica Clinica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 559-562

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Caola, Iole ^b   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a   Ferrari, Anna ^c   Milanesi, Bruno ^d   Morandini, Margherita ^e   Piva, Elisa ^f   Ramponi, Claudio ^g   Giavarina, Davide ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Laboratorio e Servizi   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d II Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione   (Italy)

^e S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHLEBOTOMY; PREANALYTICAL ERROR;

EID: 84959332809     PISSN: 03930564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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