Practical challenges related to point of care testing

Practical Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-29

  Shaw, Julie L V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CCW 4240B The Ottawa Hospital General Campus   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Electronic Medical Record; Laboratory accreditation; Medical directive; Point of care Testing; Positive patient identification; Results documentation; Transcription error

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; QUALITY CONTROL; STAFF; TURNAROUND TIME;

EID: 84962729863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23525517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plabm.2015.12.002     Document Type: Review

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