Building a bridge to safe diagnosis in health care. The role of the clinical laboratory

Lippi, Giuseppe; Plebani, Mario; Graber, Mark L.

doi:10.1515/cclm-2015-1135

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“…Further analysis of a 25-year summary of US malpractice claims for diagnostic errors revealed that diagnostic errors account for the largest fraction of claims, the most severe patient harm, as well as the highest total of penalty payouts, up to $38.8 billion [12]. According to these concerning figures, we would all agree that diagnostic quality and safety are now virtually unavoidable in the routine practice of health care [13].…”

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Improving diagnosis and reducing diagnostic errors: the next frontier of laboratory medicine

Plebani¹,

Lippi

2016

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)

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Improving diagnosis and reducing diagnostic errors: the next frontier of laboratory medicine

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Lippi

2016

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)

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“…results interpretation) [1] (Figure 1). Throughout this multifaceted process, and like other medical disciplines [2], some mistakes may occur, leading to possible generation of diagnostic errors, which may detrimentally affect clinical decision making and managed care, thereby jeopardizing patient safety [3].…”

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The EFLM strategy for harmonization of the preanalytical phase

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Šimundić²

2017

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Abstract:The Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE) was officially established by the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) in 2013, with the aim of improving harmonization in the preanalytical phase across European member societies. Since its early birth, the WG-PRE has already completed a number of projects, including harmonizing the definition of fasting status, patient and blood tubes identification, color coding of blood collection tubes, sequence of tubes during blood drawing and participation in the development of suitable preanalytical quality indicators. The WG-PRE has also provided guidance on local validation of blood collection tubes, has performed two European surveys on blood sampling procedures and has organized four European meetings to promote the importance of quality in the preanalytical phase. The future activities entail development and validation of an external quality assessment scheme focused on preanalytical variables, development and dissemination of a survey about the local management of unsuitable samples in clinical laboratories, as well as release of EFLM phlebotomy guidelines. This article summarizes all recent achievements of the WG-PRE and illustrates future projects to promote harmonization in the preanalytical phase.

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“…It is important that the laboratories produce high quality test results as they often are basis for clinical decision making ( 2 ). Proper quality management is therefore essential.…”

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An overview of the European Organization for External Quality Assurance Providers in Laboratory Medicine (EQALM)

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Albe²,

Meijer

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Biochem Med

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The European Organisation for External Quality Assurance Providers in Laboratory Medicine (EQALM) was founded in 1996 and currently has members from 29 European countries and 6 countries from outside Europe. EQALM provides a forum for co-operation and exchange of knowledge on quality-related matters in laboratory medicine, especially with regard to external quality assessment (EQA) programs in Europe. In addition, EQALM represent the EQA providers in laboratory medicine at European level vis-ŕ-vis political, professional, scientific and other bodies, including patients’ organisations. To this end EQALM promotes activities such as organizing meetings with scientific and practical themes for members and other interested parties, issuing scientific publications, developing EQA projects and representing laboratory medicine EQA activities within other organisations and networks. EQALM is active in scientific and educational activity in different fields such as survey frequency, haematology, haemostasis, microbiology, nomenclature, virtual microscopy, traceability, accreditation, and quality assurance of the total testing process. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the EQALM organisation.

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Building a bridge to safe diagnosis in health care. The role of the clinical laboratory

Cited by 38 publications

References 19 publications

Improving diagnosis and reducing diagnostic errors: the next frontier of laboratory medicine

Improving diagnosis and reducing diagnostic errors: the next frontier of laboratory medicine

The EFLM strategy for harmonization of the preanalytical phase

An overview of the European Organization for External Quality Assurance Providers in Laboratory Medicine (EQALM)

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