Every day, analytical and bio-analytical chemists make sustained efforts to improve the
sensitivity, specificity, robustness, and reproducibility of their methods. Especially in targeted …

Laboratory diagnostics develop through different phases that span from test ordering (pre-
preanalytical phase), collection of diagnostic specimens (preanalytical phase), sample …

Purpose: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a well-established tool for guiding
psychopharmacotherapy and improving patient care. Despite their established roles in the …

Background: An observational study was conducted in 12 European countries by the
European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Working Group for the …

Sažetak Introduction: No guideline currently exists on how to detect or document
haemolysis, icterus or lipemia (HIL) in blood samples, nor on subsequent use of this …

Objective To evaluate the major causes of preanalytical errors in medical laboratory of a
tertiary care hospital. Methods It was a retrospective study in which we analyzed the sample …

Venous blood sampling (phlebotomy) is the most common invasive procedure performed in
patient care. Guidelines on the correct practice of phlebotomy are available, including the …

Over the years, risk management gains significant importance in laboratories of every kind.
The safety of workers, the accuracy and reliability of laboratory results, issues of financial …

Introduction: The study intends to observe the frequency of preanalytical phase errors both
inside and outside the clinical laboratory according to certain quality indicators (QIs) …

Objective Hemolysis, icterus, and lipemia (HIL) of blood samples have been a concern in
hospitals because they reflect pre-analytical processes' quality control. However, very few …