Analysis of laboratory repeat critical values at a large tertiary teaching hospital in China.

CONTEXT: As a patient safety measure, laboratories are required to have a critical values policy by regulatory agencies. Unfortunately, little information is available on repeat critical values for the same analyte(s) on the same patient. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the occurrence and distribution of...

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Main Authors: Dagan Yang, Yunxian Zhou, Chunwei Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3597596?pdf=render