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Title Laboratory test requesting appropriateness and patient safety / by María Salinas [and four others] (editors).

Publication Info. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations.
text file
Series Patient safety ; volume 14
Patient safety ; volume 14.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Preface ; Table of contents ; 1 Introduction: clinical laboratory contribution to patient safety ; References ; 2 Inappropriateness in laboratory test requesting in the literature ; 2.1 Laboratory process-test request ; 2.2 Definition of inappropriate requests.
2.3 Causes of inappropriate test requests 2.3.1 Laboratory ; 2.3.2 Requesting physician ; 2.3.3 The patient ; 2.3.4 Factors inherent in the system ; 2.4 Reducing inefficiency in the laboratory diagnostic process.
2.5 Tools described in the literature for the management of the demand for laboratory tests: before, during, and after the request 2.5.1 Before ; 2.5.2 During the request ; 2.5.3 After the request ; 2.6 The future: where we are going ; References.
3 Causes and negative effects of inappropriateness in laboratory test requesting 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Causes of inappropriateness in laboratory test requesting ; 3.2.1 Clinician's unawareness about the test ; 3.2.2 Communication between clinical and laboratory departments.
3.2.3 Others 3.3 Negative effects of inappropriateness in laboratory test requesting ; References ; 4 Strategies to correct inappropriateness in laboratory test requesting ; 4.1 Introduction ; 4.2 Types of strategy to correct inappropriateness in laboratory tests.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Medical laboratories -- Safety measures.
Medical laboratories -- Safety measures.
Medical laboratories.
Medical errors.
Medical errors.
Medical care -- Quality control.
Medical care -- Quality control.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Medical care.
Added Author Salinas, María, 1954- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Laboratory test requesting appropriateness and patient safety. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017] 9783110371048 (DLC) 2016034931 (OCoLC)931647515
ISBN 3110366231 (electronic book)
9783110366235 (electronic book)
9783110366242 (electronic book)
311036624X (electronic book)
3110371049
3110391481