Inappropriateness in laboratory medicine: An elephant in the room?

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Bovo, Chiara ^b   Ciaccio, Marcello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Inappropriateness; Laboratory medicine; Laboratory testing; Quality

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATENESS; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 85014368688     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2017.02.04     Document Type: Article

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