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Blood sample collection and patient identification demand improvement: a questionnaire study of preanalytical practices in hospital wards and laboratories.

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2010
UNLABELLED Scand J Caring Sci; 2010; 24; 581-591 
 Blood sample collection and patient identification demand improvement: a questionnaire study of preanalytical practices in hospital wards and laboratories BACKGROUND   Most errors in venous blood ...
O. Wallin, J. Söderberg, B. van Guelpen, H. Stenlund, K. Grankvist, C. Brulin   +5 more
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Results of a survey of hospital coagulation laboratories in the United States, 2001.

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2009
CONTEXT Coagulation and bleeding problems are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, and inappropriate testing practices may lead to bleeding or thrombotic complications.
S. Shahangian, A. Stanković, I. Lubin, J. Handsfield, Mark D. White   +4 more
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Forecasting hospital laboratory procedures [PDF]

Journal of Medical Systems, 1992
Improved forecasts of hospital laboratory procedures can provide the basis for better resource planning and enhanced operating efficiency. The research reported here-in describes how multiple regression models can be both a source of insight into causal relationships and a tool for achieving accurate monthly forecasts.
Steven J. Schuiling, J. Holton Wilson
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Measuring supply chain performance among public hospital laboratories

, 2009
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficiency levels of the decision‐making units within the public hospital laboratories in using their supply chain towards meeting the satisfaction of doctors.Design/methodology/approach – Data ...
A. H. A. Bakar, Ismail Lukman Hakim, S. Chong, Binshan Lin   +3 more
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An international multicenter study of antimicrobial resistance and typing of hospital Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 21 laboratories in 19 countries or states.

Microbial Drug Resistance, 2004
During 1996, 4065 consecutive Staphylococcus aureus strains from different patients were collected in 21 worldwide hospital laboratories. The strains, their resistance pattern, and hospital demographic data were forwarded to Statens Serum Institut where ...
C. Zinn, H. Westh, V. Rosdahl
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Variation in synovial fluid analysis by hospital laboratories.

Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1987
A survey of 42 hospitals revealed that the frequency of synovial fluid analysis was low (mean 3.9 per month). The mean was skewed upward by a higher frequency in 3 teaching hospitals, such that the overall median was 1.5 per month, with 15 hospitals ...
P. Hasselbacher
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Knowledge, attitude and practice of aspects of laboratory safety in Pathology Laboratories at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 2005
OBJECTIVE To assess current knowledge, attitudes and practice of aspects of laboratory safety in pathology laboratories at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital in view of perceived inadequacies in safety practices in clinical laboratories in
A. Ejilemele, A. Ojule
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