title: Use of potassium concentrations as a quality-of-service metric for phlebotomists detects systematic preanalytical biases and facilitates their correction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA;
authors.forename: Matthew B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Greenblatt
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA;
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torre
authors.affiliation: Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Means
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA;
authors.forename: Milenko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanasijevic
authors.affiliation: Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Lillian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vitale Pedulla
authors.affiliation: Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Craig A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bunnell
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA;
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Conrad
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA; Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA pjarolim@partners.org.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jarolim
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D006801:Humans; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011188:Potassium