Biochemia Medica, Vol. 29 No. 2, 2019.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020502
Post-analytical laboratory work: national recommendations from the Working Group for Post-analytics on behalf of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Jasna Lenicek Krleza
orcid.org/0000-0002-2554-4034
; Working Group for Post-analytics, Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Lorena Honovic
; Working Group for Post-analytics, Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, General Hospital Pula, Pula, Croatia
Jelena Vlasic Tanaskovic
; Working Group for Post-analytics, Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, General Hospital Pula, Pula, Croatia
Sonja Podolar
; Working Group for Post-analytics, Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; Medical Biochemistry Laboratory, General Hospital "Dr. Tomislav Bardek", Koprivnica, Croatia
Vladimira Rimac
; Working Group for Post-analytics, Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Biology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Anja Jokic
; Working Group for Post-analytics, Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Medical Biochemistry, Haematology and Coagulation, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljević”, Zagreb
Abstract
The post-analytical phase is the final phase of the total testing process and involves evaluation of laboratory test results; release of test results in a
timely manner to appropriate individuals, particularly critical results; and modification, annotation or revocation of results as necessary to support
clinical decision-making. Here we present a series of recommendations for post-analytical best practices, tailored to medical biochemistry laboratories
in Croatia, which are intended to ensure alignment with national and international norms and guidelines. Implementation of the national
recommendations is illustrated through several examples.
Keywords
recommendations; post-analytical phase; clinical laboratory; harmonization; test report
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221074
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Publication date:
15.6.2019.
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