Analysis of Preanalytical Nonconformance in a Medium-Sized Private Pathology Laboratory

It is well known that the results from clinical laboratories support diagnosis, prognosis and patient treatment. Thus, test results must be relevant, accurate and reliable for patient care. Despite all the automation, errors that are classified as pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical, are still present. International bibliographic data estimates that approximately 62.0% of the errors made in clinical laboratories are due to errors during the pre-analytical stage. The effect of the pre-analytical errors on the laboratory results has consequences that in many cases can lead to reduction of laboratory quality. In this study, the authors run a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) to analyze potential failure risks within the pre-analytical phase, in order to classify them according to severity and likelihood, based on the experience. In the present article, the authors performed an FMEA analysis of the pre-analytical phase of the testing process of a biochemistry laboratory.

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Application of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) During the Pre-analytical Phase in a Greek Biochemistry Laboratory

Stamouli

Mourtzikou

Καρκαλούσος

et al. 2019

International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare

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Analysis of Preanalytical Nonconformance in a Medium-Sized Private Pathology Laboratory

Abstract: This is one of few studies of preanalytical nonconformance in a medium-sized private laboratory setting. Monitoring nonconformance for a pathology laboratory is essential to determine areas where further improvements can be made.

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Application of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) During the Pre-analytical Phase in a Greek Biochemistry Laboratory

Application of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) During the Pre-analytical Phase in a Greek Biochemistry Laboratory

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