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May 31st 2024

Management of Procalcitonin Test Overuse in an Emergency Department Through a Computer Algorithm

Maria Salinas, PhD Maite López-Garrigós, PhD Ruth Torreblanca, PhD Emilio Flores, PhD Elena Diaz, MD Carlos Leiva-Salinas, MD, PhD

Procalcitonin test demand from the emergency department is growing, necessitating the implementation of strategies to address overuse. Successful interventions must be based on information technology.

September 7th 2016

Managing Inappropriate Requests of Laboratory Tests: From Detection to Monitoring

Maria Salinas, PhD Maite López-Garrigós, PhD Emilio Flores, PhD Maria Leiva-Salinas, MD, PhD Alberto Asencio, MD Javier Lugo, MD Carlos Leiva-Salinas, MD, PhD

This study shows automatic, practical, simple, and effective strategies designed in the laboratory, in consensus with requesting clinicians, to improve laboratory test appropriateness.

November 5th 2015

Request of Acute Phase Markers in Primary Care in Spain

Maria Salinas, PhD Maite López-Garrigós, PhD Emilio Flores, PhD Joaquin Uris, PhD Carlos Leiva-Salinas, MD

This study compared the requesting patterns for acute phase markers from primary care departments in different institutions in Spain.