Spanish Preanalytical Quality Monitoring Program (SEQC), an overview of 12 years' experience

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 530-538

  Llopis, María Antonia ^a,b   Bauça, Josep Miquel ^b,c   Barba, Nuria ^b,d   Álvarez, Virtudes ^b,e   Ventura, Montserrat ^b,f   Ibarz, Mercè ^b,g   Gómez Rioja, Rubén ^b,h   Marzana, Itziar ^b,i   Puente, Juan Jose ^b,j   Segovia, Marta ^b,h   Martinez, Debora ^b,k   Alsina, María Jesús ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b Spanish Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology ^*  (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^d Catlab   (Spain)

^e Laboratori Clinic l'Hospitalet   (Spain)

^f Technical Coordinator of SEQC External Quality Assurance Schemes   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

patient safety; preanalytical errors; quality monitoring; rejection samples

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN;

BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; URINE SAMPLING; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; PROCEDURES; SPAIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STANDARDS; URINALYSIS; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 85016078838     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0382     Document Type: Review

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