Turnaround Time (TAT): Difference in Concept for Laboratory and Clinician
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Monitoring of Turnaround time (TAT) in Biochemistry Laboratory of a tertiary care hospital in Punjab
Turnaround time (TAT) is commonly defined as the time from when a test is ordered until the result is reported which includes the preanalytical, analytical and post-analytical time. Increased attention to patient’s needs is demonstrated by efforts to improve the quality of the entire service provided, e. g reduction of laboratory turnaround time (TAT). The availability of the results from a lab...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0971-4502,0974-0449
DOI: 10.1007/s12288-012-0214-3