creators_name: Al-Joudi,, F.S. creators_name: Wahab, N.A. creators_name: Nordin, H. type: article datestamp: 2007-10-18 17:55:40 lastmod: 2007-10-29 18:54:32 metadata_visibility: show corp_creators: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Dept. of Chemical Pathology corp_creators: Universiti Sains Malaysia, School of Medical Sciences, Dept. of Chemical Pathology corp_creators: Universiti Sains Malaysia, School of Medical Sciences, Dept. of Chemical Pathology title: Test Ordering Pattern at the Chemical Pathology Laboratory, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia ispublished: pub subjects: R full_text_status: none keywords: Over-ordering, panel test, individual test, test duplication, chemical pathology abstract: The utilization of the chemical laboratory resources at the Hospital Sains Malaysia was evaluated. More than 100,000 test requests received and performed over a 12-month period, were analyzed retrospectively. 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