Evaluation of a Resident-Led Project to Decrease Phlebotomy Rates in the Hospital: Think Twice, Stick Once
Open Access
- 1 May 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Internal Medicine
- Vol. 176 (5), 708-710
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.0549
Abstract
Excessive inpatient laboratory testing leads to unnecessary health care cost and exposes patients to uncomfortable blood draws, false-positive results, and hospital-acquired anemia.1,2Keywords
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