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Autor:
P J, Howanitz, G S, Cembrowski
Publikováno v:
Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 124(4)
To evaluate elevated patient calcium results as a postanalytic quality indicator of physician practices.Participants prospectively identified hypercalcemic patient results for 4 months or until they found 320 hypercalcemic results, and then, after at
Publikováno v:
Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 124(2)
To survey employee competence assessment practices in departments of pathology and laboratory medicine and provide suggestions for improvement.A 3-part study consisting of a questionnaire about current competence assessment practices, an evaluation o
Publikováno v:
Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 123(3)
To develop a multi-institutional reference database for quality improvement purposes using the autopsy to define clinical diagnostic discrepancies and resolve clinical questions.Using the College of American Pathologists Q-Probes format, institutions
Publikováno v:
Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 122(3)
To examine clinical and laboratory practices associated with contamination of blood culture specimens from adults.A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes quality improvement study involving prospective evaluation of adult blood culture contaminat
Autor:
S J, Steindel, P J, Howanitz
Publikováno v:
Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 121(10)
To compare the results of a 1990 College of American Pathologists Q-Probes Emergency Department (ED) turnaround time (TAT) study with a similar study done in 1993 and to identify factors associated with TAT improvement.Participants gathered data over
Autor:
N S, Lawson, P J, Howanitz
Publikováno v:
Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 121(9)
Since its creation in 1970, the College of American Pathologists Quality Assurance Service Committee has provided important and highly respected interlaboratory programs for daily quality control. In 1988, this committee extended its domain by announ
Publikováno v:
Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 121(7)
To explore preanalytic handling of urinalysis specimens.The study was a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study consisting of two parts. The first part was a questionnaire about participants' urinalysis practices. The second part required col
Publikováno v:
Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 121(1)
To determine the frequency and reasons for rejection of chemistry specimens.College of American Pathologists Q-Probes laboratory quality improvement study prospectively recording rejected chemistry specimens in 453 laboratories.Percentage of submitte
Publikováno v:
Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 120(12)
To determine the reasons for proficiency testing (PT) failures from 41 chemistry and blood gas analytes using data collected to benchmark performance.Self-administered survey requesting number of challenges by analyte encompassing nine PT events. Whe
Publikováno v:
Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 120(11)
To evaluate solitary blood culture (SBC) collections as a preanalytic quality indicator of blood culture practice.Two College of American Pathologists Q-Probes laboratory quality improvement studies involving prospective evaluation of the proportion