BACKGROUND - SETTING THE STAGE FOR ALTERNATE-SITE LABORATORY TESTING

Authors
HANDORF CR
Citation
Cr. Handorf, BACKGROUND - SETTING THE STAGE FOR ALTERNATE-SITE LABORATORY TESTING, Clinics in laboratory medicine, 14(3), 1994, pp. 451-458
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Laboratory Technology
Journal title
Clinics in laboratory medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02722712
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
451 - 458
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-2712(1994)14:3<451:B-STSF>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Market forces and service demands are driving a segment of laboratory testing away from centralized laboratories and closer to the patient's bedside. Placed into a historical perspective, this should be neither surprising nor distressing. Terminology is being clarified and profes sional societies are beginning to take the lead in molding these testi ng strategies into appropriate tools for advancing excellent patient c are.