Are patients well informed about the fasting requirements for laboratory blood testing?
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Are patients well informed about the fasting requirements for laboratory blood testing?
INTRODUCTION Proper preparation of the individual is a key prerequisite for ensuring the quality of laboratory testing. Our hypothesis was that many outpatients are not sufficiently familiar with the correct way of preparing for the laboratory tests, for which the individual needs to be at fasting. This study aimed to investigate: i) whether patients are aware of how they need to prepare proper...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemia Medica
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1846-7482
DOI: 10.11613/bm.2013.040