Evidence-based laboratory medicine principles

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APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE-BASED LABORATORY MEDICINE IN ROUTINE PRACTICE... 

It is hopefully clear from the foregoing discussion that the principles of evidence-based laboratory medicine can underpin the way in which laboratory medicine is practiced, from the discovery of a new diagnostic test through to its application in routine patient care. The principles provide the logic on which aU of the elements of practice are founded. The tools of evidence-based laboratory medicine provide the means of delivering the highest quality of service in meeting the needs of patients and the healthcare professionals who serve them. The application of evidence-based practice is far more complex in the case of laboratory medicine than in the major area in which such principles have previously been applied, namely the pharmaceutical intervention. 

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Price CP. Applications of the principles of evidence-based medicine to laboratory medicine. CUn Chim Acta 2003 333 147-54. 

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