Pregledni rad

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2013.031

Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: national recommendations for venous blood sampling

Nora Nikolac orcid.org/0000-0001-6831-6309 ; Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Committee for the Scientific Professional Development, Working Group for Pre-analytics, Zagreb, Croatia; University Department of Chemistry, Medical School University Hospital Sestre Milosr
Vesna Šupak-Smolčić ; Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Committee for the Scientific Professional Development, Working Group for Pre-analytics, Zagreb, Croatia; Clinical Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics, Rijeka Clinical Hospital Center, Rijek
Ana-Maria Šimundić ; Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Committee for the Scientific Professional Development, Working Group for Pre-analytics, Zagreb, Croatia; University Department of Chemistry, Medical School University Hospital Sestre Milosr
Ivana Ćelap ; Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Committee for the Scientific Professional Development, Working Group for Pre-analytics, Zagreb, Croatia; University Department of Chemistry, Medical School University Hospital Sestre Milosr

Sažetak

Phlebotomy is one of the most complex medical procedures in the diagnosis, management and treatment of patients in healthcare. Since laboratory test results are the basis for a large proportion (60-80%) of medical decisions, any error in the phlebotomy process could have serious consequences. In order to minimize the possibility of errors, phlebotomy procedures should be standardised, well-documented and written instructions should be available at every workstation. Croatia is one of the few European countries that have national guidelines for phlebotomy, besides the universally used CLSI (Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute) H3-A6 Procedures for the Collection of Diagnostic Blood Specimens by Venipuncture; approved Standard-Sixth Edition (CLSI, 2007) and WHO (World Health Organization) guidelines on drawing blood: best practices in phlebotomy (WHO, 2010). However, the growing body of evidence in importance of preanalytical phase management resulted in a need for evidence based revision and expansion of existing recommendations.
The Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase issued this recommendation. This document is based on the CLSI guideline H3-A6, with significant differences and additional information.

Ključne riječi

phlebotomy; venous blood; recommendations, health planning; laboratory errors; preanalytical phase

Hrčak ID:

109228

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/109228

Datum izdavanja:

15.10.2013.

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