TY - JOUR
T1 - Preanalytical challenges-time for solutions
AU - Lippi, Giuseppe
AU - Betsou, Fay
AU - Cadamuro, Janne
AU - Cornes, Michael
AU - Fleischhacker, Michael
AU - Fruekilde, Palle
AU - Neumaier, Michael
AU - Nybo, Mads
AU - Padoan, Andrea
AU - Plebani, Mario
AU - Sciacovelli, Laura
AU - Vermeersch, Pieter
AU - Von Meyer, Alexander
AU - Simundic, Ana Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - The European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE) was originally established in 2013, with the main aims of (i) promoting the importance of quality in the preanalytical phase of the testing process, (ii) establishing best practices and providing guidance for critical activities in the preanalytical phase, (iii) developing and disseminating European surveys for exploring practices concerning preanalytical issues, (iv) organizing meetings, workshops, webinars or specific training courses on preanalytical issues. As education is a core activity of the WG-PRE, a series of European conferences have been organized every second year across Europe. This collective article summarizes the leading concepts expressed during the lectures of the fifth EFLM Preanalytical Conference "Preanalytical Challenges-Time for solutions", held in Zagreb, 22-23 March, 2019. The topics covered include sample stability, preanalytical challenges in hematology testing, feces analysis, bio-banking, liquid profiling, mass spectrometry, next generation sequencing, laboratory automation, the importance of knowing and measuring the exact sampling time, technology aids in managing inappropriate utilization of laboratory resources, management of hemolyzed samples and preanalytical quality indicators.
AB - The European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE) was originally established in 2013, with the main aims of (i) promoting the importance of quality in the preanalytical phase of the testing process, (ii) establishing best practices and providing guidance for critical activities in the preanalytical phase, (iii) developing and disseminating European surveys for exploring practices concerning preanalytical issues, (iv) organizing meetings, workshops, webinars or specific training courses on preanalytical issues. As education is a core activity of the WG-PRE, a series of European conferences have been organized every second year across Europe. This collective article summarizes the leading concepts expressed during the lectures of the fifth EFLM Preanalytical Conference "Preanalytical Challenges-Time for solutions", held in Zagreb, 22-23 March, 2019. The topics covered include sample stability, preanalytical challenges in hematology testing, feces analysis, bio-banking, liquid profiling, mass spectrometry, next generation sequencing, laboratory automation, the importance of knowing and measuring the exact sampling time, technology aids in managing inappropriate utilization of laboratory resources, management of hemolyzed samples and preanalytical quality indicators.
KW - education
KW - errors
KW - laboratory medicine
KW - preanalytical phase
KW - quality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061125814&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/cclm-2018-1334
DO - 10.1515/cclm-2018-1334
M3 - Article
C2 - 31037435
AN - SCOPUS:85061125814
SN - 1434-6621
VL - 57
SP - 974
EP - 981
JO - Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
JF - Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
IS - 7
ER -