Aims To critically evaluate the clinical implications of the use of non-fasting rather than
fasting lipid profiles and to provide guidance for the laboratory reporting of abnormal non …

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

The joint consensus panel of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) and the European
Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) recently addressed …

Sažetak In the clinical laboratory setting, interferences can be a significant source of
laboratory errors with potential to cause serious harm for the patient. After hemolysis, lipemia …

Fasting for> 8 h, as previously required for lipid profiles, normally only occurs a few hours
before breakfast. By contrast, the nonfasting state predominates most of a 24-h cycle and …

The joint consensus panel of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) and the European
Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) recently addressed …

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

Diagnostic blood samples collected by phlebotomy are the most common type of biological
specimens drawn and sent to laboratory medicine facilities for being analyzed, thus …

Fatty acids are among the most studied nutrients in human metabolism and health.
Endogenous fatty acid status influences health and disease via multiple mechanisms at all …

Laboratory medicine processes are complex and error susceptible. Pre-analytical and pre-
pre-analytical phase account for more than two thirds of all laboratory errors [1]. Among the …