Quality in laboratory medicine and the
analytical performance specifications
analytical phase
external quality assurance
extra-analytical phases
internal quality control
laboratory medicine
patient safety
quality
Journal
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine
ISSN: 1437-4331
Titre abrégé: Clin Chem Lab Med
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9806306
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 04 2023
25 04 2023
Historique:
received:
02
08
2022
accepted:
05
08
2022
medline:
3
4
2023
pubmed:
16
8
2022
entrez:
15
8
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Quality in laboratory medicine is defined as "an unfinished journey", as the more essential the laboratory information provided, the more assured its quality should be. In the past decades, the Journal
Identifiants
pubmed: 35969689
pii: cclm-2022-0755
doi: 10.1515/cclm-2022-0755
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
713-720Informations de copyright
© 2022 the author(s), published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston.
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