This document provides a joint recommendation for venous blood sampling of the European
Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for …

Ensuring quality has become a daily requirement in laboratories. In haemostasis, even more
than in other disciplines of biology, quality is determined by a pre-analytical step that …

Sažetak Laboratory analyses are crucial for diagnosis, follow-up and treatment decisions.
Since mistakes in every step of the total testing process may potentially affect patient safety …

The extra-analytical phases of the total testing process have substantial impact on managed
care, as well as an inherent high risk of vulnerability to errors which is often greater than that …

The analytical quality of the clinical laboratory results has shown a significant improvement
over the past decades, thanks to the joint efforts of different stakeholders, while the …

Patient and sample misidentification may cause significant harm or discomfort to the
patients, especially when incorrect data is used for performing specific healthcare activities …

Abstract The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15189: 2012 standard
aims to improve quality in medical laboratories through standardization of all key elements …

It is now undeniable that laboratory testing is vital for the diagnosis, prognostication and
therapeutic monitoring of human disease. Despite the many advances made for achieving a …

Patient safety is a leading challenge in healthcare and from the laboratory perspective it is
now well established that preanalytical errors are the major contributor to the overall rate of …

Abstract The Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE) was officially established
by the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) in 2013 …