Frequencies and causes of pre-analytical errors in a tertiary care hospital laboratory in Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Annals of Saudi MedicineBACKGROUND: Errors in clinical laboratory tests can have a detrimental effect on healthcare delivery. The pre-analytical phase accounts for most laboratory errors, known as pre-analytical errors (PAEs).
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Prevalence of Pre-Analytical Errors in Clinical Chemistry Diagnostic Labs in Sulaimani City of Iraqi Kurdistan. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 BackgroundLaboratory testing is roughly divided into three phases: a pre-analytical phase, an analytical phase and a post-analytical phase. Most analytical errors have been attributed to the analytical phase. However, recent studies have shown that up to
Dereen Najat
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Pre-analytical Errors at the Chemical Pathology Laboratory of a Teaching Hospital [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Introduction: The Chemical Pathology Laboratory at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) processes specimens received from inpatients, the outpatient department and other medical facilities in Jamaica. Specific rejection criteria are used
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Pre-analytical errors and patient safety [PDF]
Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2012 Laboratory medicine, as a specialty that had prioritized quality control, has always been at the forefront of error reduction. In the last decades, a dramatic decrease of analytical errors has been experienced, while a relatively high frequency of errors
Plebani Mario
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Medical errors: Pre-analytical issue in patient safety [PDF]
Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2010 The last few decades have seen a significant decrease in the rates of analytical errors in clinical laboratories, while a growing body of evidence demonstrates that the pre and post-analytical steps of the total testing process (TTP) are more error-prone
Plebani Mario, Piva Elisa
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Pre-analytical Errors in Glucose Estimation Results in Query on Diabetic Management. [PDF]
Indian J Clin Biochem, 2020 Status of diabetes of an individual is majorly evaluated by the frequent monitoring of glucose estimation. Use of serum samples and inappropriate plasma for estimating glucose is an existing practise in Indian standard of laboratories. There is a strong evidence for occurrence of in vitro glycolysis on the above mentioned specimens. The aim is to study
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Pre-analytical workstations: A tool for reducing laboratory errors
Clinica Chimica Acta, 2009 Pre-Analytical Workstations as a Tool for Reducing Laboratory ErrorsReducing errors and improving quality are an integral part of Laboratory Medicine. Laboratory testing, a highly complex process commonly called the total testing process (TTP), is usually subdivided into three traditional (pre-, intra-, and post-) analytical phases.
Giorgio Da Rin
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Pre-analytical specimen labelling and processing errors in the ICU
University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Specimen rejections have been associated with increased in-hospital stay and cost. The majority of errors occur in the pre-analytic phase. Specimen rejection can lead to high rate of recollection, delay in result availability, and high rate
Long Nguyen, Sherissa Microys
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Assessment of Clinical Hematology Laboratory Performance Using Sigma Metrics and Associated Factors in Total Testing Process at the Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northeast, Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectional Study [PDF]
Health Science ReportsBackground and Aims Clinical laboratory test results play a fundamental role in clinical decision making, influencing approximately 70% of medical decisions. Numerous studies have shown that errors can occur throughout the total testing process.
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Pre-analytical errors management in the clinical laboratory: a five-year study. [PDF]
Biochem Med (Zagreb), 2014 This study describes quality indicators for the pre-analytical process, grouping errors according to patient risk as critical or major, and assesses their evaluation over a five-year period.A descriptive study was made of the temporal evolution of quality indicators, with a study population of 751,441 analytical requests made during the period 2007 ...
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