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Results of a hospital survey on critical values communication

Giuseppe Lippi, Anna Ferrari, Chiara Bovo and Antonella Bassi
From the journal Diagnosis
https://doi.org/10.1515/dx-2019-0094
Keywords: critical values; panic values; patient safety; survey
Corresponding author: Prof. Giuseppe Lippi, Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital of Verona, Piazzale LA Scuro, 37134 Verona, Italy; and Service of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  4. Honorarium: None declared.

  5. Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

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Received: 2019-11-29
Accepted: 2020-01-10
Published Online: 2020-01-28
Published in Print: 2021-05-26

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