title: The physician's office laboratory: how does yours measure up?
abstract: Tests results can be misleading or worthless if commonsense rules are ignored. A primary source of error or confusion relates to specimen collection and labeling.
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000592:standards; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000592:standards; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000592:standards; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014481:United States; D014556:Urine / Q000032:analysis