Improving clinical laboratory performance through quality indicators

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 10-11, 2017, Pages 547-549

  Krintus, Magdalena ^a   Plebani, Mario ^b   Panteghini, Mauro ^c  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS;

EID: 85018871737     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.05.006     Document Type: Editorial

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