Professional paper

Lorena Honović

Abstract

Quality and safety of laboratory diagnostics are very important and significant affect on the promotion of overall health care. Classification of laboratory diagnostics to preanalytical, analytical and post-analytical phase facilitate the monitoring of the entire laboratory process and the emergence of possible errors. A lot of evidence suggesting that the preanalytical phase is the the most critical part of the process. Some of problems that occur in this phase include non-compliant samples due to misidentification, quantity (insufficient sample volume for analysis) or quality (hemolysed, clotted, contaminated samples) samples. Standardization of the entire process and the timely detection of errors leads to higher quality of laboratory diagnosis, what is best shown in the requirements for laboratory accreditation to ISO 15189th. The duty and obligation of laboratory are a permanent education of clinical staff, patients and other users for all procedures that contribute the quality of the sample.

Keywords

preanalytical errors; evaluation of laboratory results; preparation of the patient for laboratory tests

Hrčak ID:

130676

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/130676

Publication date:

31.12.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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