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Results of a survey among GP practices on how they manage patient safety aspects related to point-of-care testing in every day practice.

de Vries C, Doggen C, Hilbers E, et al. BMC Fam Pract. 2015;16:9.

Prior studies have found that point-of-care testing can be a source of errors. The results of this survey reveal that most primary care practices in the Netherlands do not have adequate quality assurance standards for point-of-care testing.

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