Recognizing and Reducing Analytical Errors and Sources of Variation in Clinical Pathology Data in Safety Assessment Studies

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 281-287

  Schultze, A E ^a   Irizarry, A R ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

analytical errors; clinical pathology; laboratory testing errors; quality control; unexpected data variation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; DEVICE FAILURE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DEVICE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANIMAL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MEDICAL ERROR; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 85012075599     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623316672945     Document Type: Review

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