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

Several lines of evidence now confirm that the vast majority of errors in laboratory medicine
occur in the extra-analytical phases of the total testing processing, especially in the …

The pre-analytical phase encompasses all the procedures before the start of laboratory
testing. This phase of the testing process is responsible for the majority of the laboratory …

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 …

In order to guarantee patient safety, medical laboratories around the world strive to provide
highest quality in the shortest amount of time. A major leap in quality improvement was …

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 …

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 …

Background External quality assessment (EQA) programs for general chemistry tests have
evolved from between laboratory comparison programs to trueness verification surveys. In …

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 …

It has been well documented over recent years that the preanalytical phase is a leading
contributor to errors in the total testing process (TTP). There has however been great …