Staffing Benchmarks for Clinical Laboratories
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s and case studies are now being accepted for the College of American Pathologists (CAP) 2012 meeting, which will be held September 9th through the 12th in San Diego, California. Submissions for the CAP ’12 Abstract Program will be accepted through Monday, April 2, 2012. Accepted submissions will appear in the September 2012 issue of the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Visit the CAP ’12 website at www.cap.org/cap12 for a link to the submission site and additional abstract program information as it becomes available. Arch Pathol Lab Med—Vol 136, February 2012Staffing Benchmarks for Clinical Laboratories—Jones et al 147
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