Clustered interventions to reduce inappropriate duplicate laboratory tests in an Irish tertiary hospital

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue , 2018, Pages 26-32

  Brady, Hugh ^a   Piggott, Laura ^b   Dunne, Suzanne S ^b   O'Connell, Nuala H ^a,b   Dunne, Colum P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cost reduction; Inappropriate laboratory testing; Laboratory test utilization; Tertiary hospital; Test ordering practices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VEIN PUNCTURE; HOSPITAL; IRELAND; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IRELAND; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SECONDARY CARE CENTERS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85032207965     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.10.012     Document Type: Article

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