Preanalytical external quality assessment of the Croatian society of medical biochemistry and laboratory medicine and CROQALM: Finding undetected weak spots

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 131-143

  Nikolac, Nora ^a,b   Krleza, Jasna Lenicek ^c,d   Simundic, Ana Maria ^b,e  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine   (Croatia)

^c Croatia   (Croatia)

^d Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine   (Croatia)

^e Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

Author keywords

External quality assessment; Laboratory error; Preanalytical phase

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CROATIA; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOURNIQUET; URINALYSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEVICES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STANDARDS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROATIA; HUMANS; MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE; PHLEBOTOMY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85011949598     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2017.017     Document Type: Article

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