Unnecessary repeated total cholesterol tests in biochemistry laboratory
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Unnecessary repeated total cholesterol tests in biochemistry laboratory
INTRODUCTION We aimed to determine the number of repeated cholesterol (RC) tests and the ratio of unnecessary-repeated cholesterol (URC) tests among patients admitted to Pamukkale University Hospital (Denizli, Turkey) and provide solutions to avoid URC testing. MATERIALS AND METHODS Total cholesterol (T-cholesterol) tests (N = 86,817) between June 2014 and May 2015 were evaluated. The tests p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemia Medica
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1846-7482
DOI: 10.11613/bm.2016.007