Naslov
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, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
patient safety; laboratory diagnostics; preanalytical phase; errors; quality

Sažetak
Recent years have seen a significant improvement in perceiving the importance of patient safety and the need to reduce the burden of preventable errors. Laboratory medicine is paving the way throughout a series of projects worldwide. Given that the primary obstacles are no longer technical, patient safety requires however a multifaceted approaches, encompassing total control of activities, from test request to results reporting. As such the time has come to think outside our traditional laboratory “box”, and target those extra-analytical processes that are more vulnerable to errors.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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