Detecting and preventing the occurrence of errors in the practices of laboratory medicine and anatomic pathology: 15 years' experience with the College of American Pathologists' Q-PROBES and Q-TRACKS programs

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 965-978

  Novis, David A ^a  

^a Wentworth Douglass Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8844271060     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2004.09.001     Document Type: Review

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