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Translating laboratory quality management system into practice: strategic opportunities and challenges for ISO 15189:2022 implementation in Nigeria's healthcare system

Frontiers in Health Services
IntroductionLaboratory Quality Management Systems (LQMS) are fundamental to reliable diagnostic services and improved patient outcomes. Although Nigeria has made progress through quality improvement initiatives, implementation of internationally ...
Bruno Basil, Ngozi Ijeoma Okoro, Izuchukwu Nnachi Mba, Blessing Kenechi Myke-Mbata   +3 more
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Practical considerations on redesigning internal quality control process to verify the traceability of clinical results for decision-making [PDF]

Journal of Medical Biochemistry
Traceability is an important tool in the harmonization and standardization of reporting laboratory results, making them comparable across measurement systems.
Cheng Weizhi, Zhou Zhiwei, Yan Shengkai, Jiang Ye, Yang Weichong, Shen Kunxue, Pang Richard   +6 more
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Serious Bacterial Infections in Hospitalized Neonates in Eastern Ethiopia: Investigating the Emerging Pathogen Pantoea dispersa Compared With Klebsiella pneumoniae

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 31, Issue 7, Page 933-943, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Serious bacterial infections (SBIs) are major contributors to neonatal morbidity and mortality in low‐income countries. We describe the aetiology and risk factors for neonatal bacteraemia and in‐hospital mortality in eastern Ethiopia, focusing on Pantoea dispersa, a rarely studied pathogen, and Klebsiella pneumoniae .
Yunus Edris, Faisel A. Hassen, Desalegn A. Ayana, Fami Ahmed, Haleluya Leulseged, Dadi Marami, Jabir Aliye, Belete G. Alem, Zelalem T. Mariam, Gezahang Mengesha, Nega Assefa, Alexander M. Aiken, J. Anthony G. Scott, Lola Madrid   +13 more
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Beyond Extracellular Vesicle (EV) Hype: Practical Solutions and Remaining Hurdles in EV Research, Manufacturing, and Clinical Translation

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 26, 8 May 2026.
ABSTRACT Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanoscale mediators of intercellular communication with diverse molecular cargoes that reflect their cell of origin. Advances in isolation, detection, and single‐particle analytics have revealed increasing molecular and functional heterogeneity, while exposing limitations in how EV identity and activity are ...
David J. Lundy, Zoe L. Chau, Sheng‐You Chen, Nanami Fujisawa, John J. Hill, Barnett M. Hsu, Joanne K. Liu, Karol W. Mai, James J. Lai   +8 more
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Quality system for Medical laboratories

Journal of Pathology of Nepal, 2015
According to William Edwards Deming “Good quality does not necessarily mean high quality. Instead it means a predicable degree of uniformity and dependability at low cost with a quality suited to the market.” Whereas according to famous engineer and ...
Shiva Raj K.C.
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Global Delivery of Foetal Sequencing: Do We Need Some Standardisation?

Prenatal Diagnosis, Volume 46, Issue 5-6, Page 650-658, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective The development of sequencing technologies has resulted in rapid expansion in the testing available for foetuses with structural anomalies to diagnose monogenic disorders. To understand the variability in how foetal sequencing services are delivered, we developed a survey that focussed on the scope of testing, any parallel testing ...
Natalie J. Chandler, Zandra C. Deans
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(Ine)quality in Healthcare: a perspective from the accreditation of clinical laboratories in Costa Rica

Población y Salud en Mesoamérica
Introduction: Given the relevance of quality-assured laboratory services for health system strengthening and improvement, this study had the objective of exploring the distribution of ISO 15189-accredited and non-accredited laboratories in Costa Rica ...
Daniel Quesada-Yamasaki, Raúl Zeledón-Mayorga   +1 more
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Women with PCOS have a later menopausal transition and a lower prevalence of menopausal symptoms at age 46: A population‐based birth cohort study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Volume 105, Issue 5, Page 836-846, May 2026.
Findings from a population‐based cohort study indicate that late peri−/postmenopausal status, as well as menopausal symptoms, were less prevalent in women with PCOS at age 46, supporting the hypothesis of prolonged ovarian function and a delayed menopausal transition with this condition. Created in https://BioRender.com.
Johanna Lavi, Susanna Savukoski, Elisa Hurskainen, Meri‐Maija Ollila, Laure Morin‐Papunen, Maarit Niinimäki, Terhi T. Piltonen   +6 more
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Gestión del proceso posanalítico en los laboratorios clínicos según los requisitos de la norma ISO 15189:2012. Consideraciones sobre la revisión, notificación y comunicación de los resultados

Advances in Laboratory Medicine, 2020
El objeto de este trabajo es establecer unas consideraciones para facilitar la gestión del proceso posanalítico respecto a la revisión, notificación y comunicación de los resultados, de acuerdo con los requisitos de la Norma UNE-EN ISO 15189:2013.
López Yeste Ma Liboria, Izquierdo Álvarez Silvia, Pons Mas Antonia R., Álvarez Domínguez Luisa, Blanco Font Aurora, Marqués García Fernando, Bernabeu Andreu Francisco A., Rodríguez Ma Patrocinio Chueca, García Álvarez Ana, Contreras Sanfeliciano Teresa, Pascual Gómez Natalia, Sánchez Gancedo Lorena, Guiñón Muñoz Leonor   +12 more
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The extended internal QC (eIQC): a new practical approach for quality assurance in point-of-care glucose testing using the POCTopus Software – a pilot study

Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2020
Quality assurance (QA) in point-of-care testing (POCT) is an important issue for organizing POCT structures within the healthcare sector. In Germany, only one device needs to participate in an external QA program, if the responsible core laboratory is ...
von Meyer Alexander, Luppa Peter B., Cadamuro Janne   +2 more
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