Safe reading of chemical pathology reports: the RCPAQAP Report Assessment Survey

Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 357-362

  Koetsier, Sabrina ^a   Jones, Graham Ross Dallas ^a,b,c   Badrick, Tony ^d  

^a RCPAQAP Chemical Pathology   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d RCPAQAP   (Australia)

Author keywords

APUTS; Australian standards and guidelines; Pathology report; quality assurance; report rendering.; standardisation

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; AUSTRALIA; LABORATORY; READING; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PATHOLOGY; READING; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84978719337     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2016.02.018     Document Type: Article

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