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

BACKGROUND Most errors in a clinical chemistry laboratory are due to preanalytical errors.
Preanalytical variability of biospecimens can have significant effects on downstream …

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

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 …

Sažetak The evidence-based paradigm has changed and evolved medical practice.
Phlebotomy, which dates back to the age of ancient Greece, has gained experience through …

It has been well reported over recent years that most errors within the total testing process
occur in the pre-analytical phase (46%–68.2%), an area that is usually outside of the direct …

Severe hyperkalemia is a potentially life-threatening condition requiring immediate medical
intervention. Pseudohyperkalemia can be misleading and result in incorrect interpretation …

Potassium is one of the most requested laboratory tests. Its level is carefully monitored and
maintained in a narrow physiological range. Even slightly altered potassium values may …

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 …

Blood collection is one of the most common nursing procedures and is not devoid of
complications. The order of draw during blood collection is a controversial theme. We aimed …