The impact of a pneumatic tube and computerized physician order management on laboratory turnaround time.

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Published in Ann Emerg Med on April 30, 2007

Authors

David A Guss1, Theodore C Chan, James P Killeen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, UC San Diego Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, Mailcode 8676, San Diego, CA 92103, USA. dguss@ucsd.edu

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