One of the most common means for diagnosis is through medical laboratory testing, which
primarily uses venous blood as a sample. This requires an invasive method by cannulation …

Quality in laboratory medicine is defined as “an unfinished journey”, as the more essential
the laboratory information provided, the more assured its quality should be. In the past …

We suggest here a pragmatic approach for managing results of clinical chemistry testing in
hemolyzed samples collected from adults/older children, attempting to balance the need to …

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

The goal of harmonizing laboratory information is to contribute to quality in patient care,
ultimately improving upon patient outcomes and safety. The main focus of harmonization …

Since the beginning of laboratory medicine, the main focus was to provide high quality
analytics. Over time the importance of the extra-analytical phases and their contribution to …

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 …

There is a growing mismatch with regard to demand, supply, and affordability in healthcare
systems in developed countries. Innovation is required to address this, but roadmaps for …

Background: In laboratory medicine, routine periodic analyses for internal and external
quality control measurements interpreted by statistical methods are mandatory for batch …

The presence of hemolysis (H), icterus (I) and lipaemia (L) in serum or plasma samples may
be regarded as an important preanalytical drawback, since an abnormal concentration of …