Preanalytical quality improvement: In quality we trust

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-241

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Becan McBride, Kathleen ^c   Behúlová, Darina ^d   Bowen, Raffick A ^e   Church, Stephen ^f   Delanghe, Joris ^g   Grankvist, Kjell ^h   Kitchen, Steve ⁱ   Nybo, Mads ^j   Nauck, Matthias ^k   Nikolac, Nora ^l   Palicka, Vladimir ^m   Plebani, Mario ⁿ   Sandberg, Sverre ^o   Simundic, Ana Maria ^l,p  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Medical and Clinical Affairs   (United Kingdom)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^l SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^o HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^p EFLM Working Group WGPreanalytical Phase   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Errors; Laboratory medicine; Preanalytical phase; Quality; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; COLLAGEN; DNA; DYE; LIPOPROTEIN; MICRORNA; PARAPROTEIN; PLASTIC; POVIDONE; RISTOCETIN; RNA; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AUTOMATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNCTION TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DEVICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OPTICAL AGGREGOMETRY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT CARE; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RANDOM ERROR; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; THROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TUBE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; URINALYSIS; VENOUS BLOOD;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84873856212     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0597     Document Type: Review

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