Journal of
Medical Laboratory and Diagnosis

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Lab. Diagn.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2618
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMLD
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 61

Full Length Research Paper

Evaluation of quality management systems implementation in medical diagnostic laboratories benchmarked for accreditation

Tamil Selvi Manickam
  • Tamil Selvi Manickam
  • Value-Added Corporate Service Pvt. Ltd, Chennai (T.N), India.
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Srinivas Ankanagari*
  • Srinivas Ankanagari*
  • Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad (T.S), India.
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  •  Received: 04 April 2015
  •  Accepted: 12 July 2015
  •  Published: 31 August 2015

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