Naslov
Laboratory networking and sample quality : a still relevant issue for patient safety

Autori
Lippi, Giuseppe ; Šimundić, Ana-Maria

Izvornik
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine (1434-6621) 50 (2012), 10; 1703-1705

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

Ključne riječi
errors; patient safety; preanalytical variability; quality; sample transportation

Sažetak
Regardless of remarkable advances in technology and computer science which has occurred over the past decades, several lines of evidence still attest that the activities of the preanalytical phase are highly vulnerable, and may strongly contribute to the decrease of the global quality of the diagnostic sample. Typically, the most susceptible steps throughout the total testing process are those directly related to collection and handling of almost every type of biological specimen, thus including those referred for serum, plasma, urine, arterial blood gas, as well as decentralized testing.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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