Naslov
Kontrola kvalitete u laboratorijskoj dijagnostici iz nove perspektive.
(Total quality in laboratory diagnostics. It's time to think outside the box.)

Autori
Lippi, Giuseppe ; Šimundić, Ana-Maria

Izvornik
Biochemia medica : časopis hrvatskoga društva medicinskih biokemičara (1330-0962) 20 (2010), 1; 5-8

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, uvodnik, stručni

Ključne riječi
sigurnost bolesnika; laboratorijska dijagnostika; predanalitička faza; pogreška; kvaliteta
(patient safety; laboratory diagnostics; preanalytical phase; errors; quality)

Sažetak
Laboratory diagnostics is a fast-growing field, which provides a substantial contribution to the clinical decision making by supporting prevention, diagnosis, and therapeutic monitoring of most, if not all, human disorder. Quality and safety in diagnostic testing is however essential to furthering the goal of high-quality and safe healthcare, no other disciplines having such a prominent position in the patient safety solution than laboratory medicine. Whereas the total testing process is classically divided into three separate but sequential areas (i.e., preanalytical, analytical and postanalytical phases), a large body of evidence attests that most errors occur within the extra-analytical areas of testing, especially in the manually intensive preanalytical processes. As such, the preanalytical phase actually represents the most critical area to target for achieving major improvements in the total quality of laboratory diagnostics.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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