The Rise and Fall of i-STAT Point-of-Care Blood Gas Testing in an Acute Care Hospital
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- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 114 (1) , 128-138
Abstract
In response to a $350,000 laboratory budget cut and closure of an intensive care unit–based laboratory and a desire to maintain turnaround times of 1Keywords
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