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Medical Microbiology: Assuring the Quality of Clinical Microbiology Test Results

Author(s) -

Michael L. Wilson

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/592071

Subject(s) - clinical microbiology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , medical microbiology , test (biology) , intensive care medicine , immunology , biology , ecology

The role of microbiology laboratories in the care of patients with suspected or known infections has been described in previous articles in this series of medical microbiology updates. This review addresses the broader role of clinical microbiology laboratories in the quality of care and patient safety. The importance of microbiology laboratories in the care of patients with infectious diseases is obvious, but microbiology laboratories also play an indirect role in patient care that, from a broader perspective, is equally important.

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