Studying critical values: adverse event identification following a critical laboratory values study at the Ohio State University Medical Center.

James J Jenkins; Mac Crawford; Michael G Bissell

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Studying critical values: adverse event identification following a critical laboratory values study at the Ohio State University Medical Center.

October 17, 2007

Jenkins JJ, Crawford M, Bissell MG. Am J Clin Pathol. 2007;128(4):604-609.

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This study determined that the incidence of adverse events was a predictor for months with an unusual number of critical values.

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