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Roots of the total testing process

  • Matthew L. Rubinstein EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: October 4, 2019
Diagnosis
From the journal Diagnosis Volume 7 Issue 1

Abstract

Laboratory professionals can contribute to improvement of diagnosis in the context of the total testing process (TTP), a multidisciplinary framework complementary to the diagnostic process. While the testing process has been extensively characterized in the literature, needed is accurate identification of the source of the term “total testing process”. This article clarifies first appearance of the term in the literature and supplies a formal definition.

Keywords: clinical laboratory; diagnostic process; total testing process

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  4. Honorarium: None declared.

  5. Author declaration: This paper is exempt from ethical approval.

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Received: 2019-09-05
Accepted: 2019-09-11
Published Online: 2019-10-04
Published in Print: 2020-01-28

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https://doi.org/10.1515/dx-2019-0065
Keywords for this article
clinical laboratory; diagnostic process; total testing process

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial
  3. Learning and teaching aren’t the same – the need for diagnosis curricula in graduate medical education
  4. Mini Review
  5. Controversies in diagnosis: contemporary debates in the diagnostic safety literature
  6. Opinion Paper
  7. Balancing confidence and humility in the diagnostic process
  8. Point/Counterpoints
  9. Roots of the total testing process
  10. Total testing process: roots and state-of-the-art
  11. Original Articles
  12. Embedding a longitudinal diagnostic reasoning curriculum in a residency program using a bolus/booster approach
  13. Structured case reviews for organizational learning about diagnostic vulnerabilities: initial experiences from two medical centers
  14. Breakdowns in the initial patient-provider encounter are a frequent source of diagnostic error among ischemic stroke cases included in a large medical malpractice claims database
  15. Perspectives from the other side of the screen: how clinicians and radiologists communicate about diagnostic errors
  16. Routine coagulation testing in Vacutainer® Citrate Plus tubes filled at minimum or optimal volume
  17. Diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid nodules
  18. Letter to the Editor
  19. The day God created man
  20. Case Reports
  21. Entamoeba histolytica liver abscess case: could stool PCR avoid it?
  22. A rare cause of subclinical hypothyroidism: macro-thyroid-stimulating hormone
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