Point-of-care testing error: sources and amplifiers, taxonomy, prevention strategies, and detection monitors.

Frederick A. Meier; Bruce A. Jones

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Point-of-care testing error: sources and amplifiers, taxonomy, prevention strategies, and detection monitors.

February 8, 2006

Meier FA, Jones BA. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005;129(10):1262-1267.

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The investigators found point-of-care testing errors to be relatively common and identified sources of the errors along with factors that increase the likelihood of occurrence. They provide several strategies for error reduction.

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