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No preanalytical errors in laboratory testing: a beneficial aspect for patients. [PDF]
Indian J Clin Biochem, 2012 Laboratory services are the backbone of the modern health care sector. Effective laboratory service is the amalgamation of precision, accuracy, and speed of reports delivered to the patient. In spite of rapid advances in laboratory science, it is still susceptible to various manual and systemic errors.
Rana SV.
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Analysis and actions after laboratory errors in a Chinese university hospital [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Diagnostic errors pose a critical threat to patient safety, heavily relying on accurate laboratory medicine. However, research specifically addressing laboratory errors (LEs) remains limited globally.
Ying Guo +3 more
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Correction: Preanalytical Errors in Hematology: Insights From a Tertiary Care Hospital. [PDF]
CureusIntroduction Errors occur in the laboratory at any level of the testing process. Recognizing these errors may cause patient distress by delaying diagnosis and management until results are released. This study aims to assess preanalytical errors in the laboratory and suggests methods to prevent them to improve accuracy and efficiency in the hematology ...
Kani V, Kannan K, Arumugam S, Sonti S.
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Evaluation of specimen rejection rates in the preanalytical phase and nurses’ experiences: a mixed design study [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground The preanalytical phase is considered the most error-prone part of laboratory testing and significantly contributes to medical errors. Specimen rejections during this phase can delay diagnosis and treatment, compromise patient safety, and ...
Yasemin Güner +3 more
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Preanalytical Error Sources: Pediatric Laboratory Experience
İstanbul Medical Journal, 2017 Objective: Accurate laboratory results are important in disease detection, classification, treatment, and follow-up. In this study, we aimed to evaluate records within a year for samples rejected in a biochemistry laboratory.Methods: Data of rejected ...
Esra Fırat Oğuz +2 more
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Preanalytical Errors in Hematology Laboratory- an Avoidable Incompetence. [PDF]
Iran J Pathol, 2016 Quality assurance in the hematology laboratory is a must to ensure laboratory users of reliable test results with high degree of precision and accuracy. Even after so many advances in hematology laboratory practice, pre-analytical errors remain a challenge for practicing pathologists.
HarsimranKaur VN +3 more
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Analysis of Errors in a Clinical Laboratory of a Tertiary Care Hospital, Odisha, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: Medical and laboratory errors can be caused due to many reasons, including communication problem, inadequate training of the staff members, improper identification.
Kavita Aggarwal +5 more
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Quality Indicators for Evaluating Errors in the Preanalytical Phase [PDF]
Journal of Laboratory Physicians, 2021 Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to study the incidence of preanalytical errors in the clinical chemistry laboratory attached to a tertiary care hospital. Design and Methods The study was conducted in a clinical chemistry laboratory using the samples and forms received for analysis.
Mehndiratta, Mohit +3 more
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Assessment of Preanalytical Errors by Six Sigma Method and the Pareto Principle Analysis
Acta Medica Alanya, 2023 Aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the preanalytical errors over a five year period using the Six Sigma methodology and Pareto Principle in the clinical biochemistry laboratory.Methods: Five-year sample rejection data between January 2015 and ...
Saniye Başak Oktay, Ferhat Hanikoğlu
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Preanalytical Phase Errors: Experience of a Central Laboratory [PDF]
Cureus, 2020 The study intends to observe the frequency of preanalytical phase errors both inside and outside the clinical laboratory according to certain quality indicators (QIs).The one-week observation focused on 73 nurses drawing blood from 337 patients. It was performed in two stages: the observation of blood collection up to the receipt of the samples, and ...
Sonmez, Cigdem +3 more
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