Patient safety in point-of-care testing

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 997-1022

  Jones, Bruce A ^a   Meier, Frederick A ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DILUENT; HEPARIN; INOTROPIC AGENT;

BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAFETY;

HUMANS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 9144243271     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2004.06.001     Document Type: Review

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