A survey on the practice of phlebotomy in Lithuania and adherence to the EFLM-COLABIOCLI recommendations: continuous training and clear standard operating procedures as tools for better quality

Ricardas Stonys, Dalius Vitkus

Original articles, Volume 34, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; phlebotomy; blood specimen collection; healthcare quality assurance

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2024.020702

Point of care testing in Croatia: a survey of the Working group for point of care testing of the Croatian society of medical biochemistry and laboratory medicine

Ivana Baršić Lapić, Lara Milevoj Kopčinović, Nedjeljka Ruljančić, Marija Grdić Rajković, Maja Kuštro

Original articles, Volume 34, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: point of care; questionnaires; quality control; standardization

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2024.010703

On determining the sensitivity and specificity of a new diagnostic test through comparing its results against a non-gold-standard test

Farrokh Habibzadeh

Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 33, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: biostatistics; diagnostic tests; prevalence; sensitivity and specificity

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2023.010101

Laboratory policies and practices for thyroid function tests in Croatia: survey on behalf of Working Group for Laboratory Endocrinology of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Adriana Bokulić, Ivana Zec, Sanja Goreta, Nora Nikolac Gabaj, Marija Kocijančić, Tihana Serdar Hiršl, Anamarija Đuras, Mateja Troha, Lada Stanišić, Daniela Šupe-Domić, Sanda Jelisavac Ćosić, Koraljka Đurić, Domagoj Marijančević, Marija Siter Kuprešanin, Iva Lukić, Alenka Pezo, Jasna Leniček Krleža

Original articles, Volume 32, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: thyroid function test; standardization; survey

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.030702

Establishing paediatric reference intervals for thyroid function tests in Croatian population on the Abbott Architect i2000

Adriana Bokulić, Ivana Zec, Domagoj Marijančević, Sanja Goreta, Marija Požgaj Šepec, Lavinia La Grasta Sabolić

Original Articles, Volume 31, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: paediatric; reference values; thyroid function tests; immunoassay; standard deviation ratio

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2021.030702

Estimation of the measurement uncertainty and practical suggestion for the description of the metrological traceability in clinical laboratories

Raúl Rigo-Bonnin, Noelia Díaz-Troyano, Laura García-Tejada, Albert Marcè-Galindo, Míriam Valbuena-Asensio, Francesca Canalias

Review, Volume 31, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: biostatistics; quality control; standardization; traceability; uncertainty

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2021.010501

The results of external quality assessment programme on urine leukocyte and erythrocyte counting in Poland

Agnieszka Ćwiklińska, Robert Kowalski, Barbara Kortas-Stempak, Agnieszka Kuchta, Aleksandra Fijałkowska, Gabriela Bednarczuk, Maciej Jankowski

Original Articles, Volume 30, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: erythrocytes; leukocytes; quality control; standardisation; urine

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2020.020707

European survey on preanalytical sample handling – Part 2: Practices of European laboratories on monitoring and processing haemolytic, icteric and lipemic samples. On behalf of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE)

Janne Cadamuro, Giuseppe Lippi, Alexander von Meyer, Mercedes Ibarz, Edmee van Dongen, Michael Cornes, Mads Nybo, Pieter Vermeersch, Kjell Grankvist, Joao Tiago Guimaraes, Gunn B.B. Kristensen, Barbara de la Salle, Ana-Maria Simundic

Original Articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: preanalytics; standardization; survey

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020705

European survey on preanalytical sample handling – Part 1: How do European laboratories monitor the preanalytical phase? On behalf of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE)

Janne Cadamuro, Giuseppe Lippi, Alexander von Meyer, Mercedes Ibarz, Edmee van Dongen, Michael Cornes, Mads Nybo, Pieter Vermeersch, Kjell Grankvist, Joao Tiago Guimaraes, Gunn B.B. Kristensen, Barbara de la Salle, Ana-Maria Simundic

Original Articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: preanalytics; standardization; survey

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020704

Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: National recommendations for blood collection, processing, performance and reporting of results for coagulation screening assays prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time, fibrinogen and D-dimer

Ana Bronić, Desiree Coen Herak, Sandra Margetić, Marija Milić

Review, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: blood coagulation tests; haemostasis; standardization; harmonization; guidelines

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020503

Standardization in laboratory medicine: Two years’ experience from category 1 EQA programs in Spain

Carmen Ricós, Carmen Perich, Beatriz Boned, Elisabet González-Lao, Jorge Diaz-Garzón, Montserrat Ventura, Sandra Bullich, Zoraida Corte, Joana Minchinela, Fernando Marques, Margarita Simón, Virtudes Alvarez, José-Vicente García-Lario, Pilar Fernández-Fern

Original Articles, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: standardization; external quality assessment; traceability; bias

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010701

Calcium-stimulated calcitonin - The “new standard” in the diagnosis of thyroid C-cell disease - clinically relevant gender-specific cut-off levels for an “old test”

Martin B. Niederle, Christian Scheuba, Alois Gessl, Shuren Li, Oskar Koperek, Christian Bieglmayer, Philipp Riss, Andreas Selberherr, Bruno Niederle

Original Papers, Volume 28, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: medullary thyroid cancer; thyroid; calcitonin; calcium gluconate; pentagastrin

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2018.030710

Influence of centrifugation conditions on the results of 77 routine clinical chemistry analytes using standard vacuum blood collection tubes and the new BD-Barricor tubes

Janne Cadamuro, Cornelia Mrazek, Alexander B. Leichtle, Ulrike Kipman, Thomas K. Felder, Helmut Wiedemann, Hannes Oberkofler, Georg M. Fiedler, Elisabeth Haschke-Becher

Original Papers, Volume 28, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: pre-analytics; centrifugation; diagnostic tests; routine

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2018.010704

External Quality Assessment in Croatia: problems, challenges, and specific circumstances

Jasna Lenicek Krleza, Ivana Celap, Jelena Vlasic Tanaskovic

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: external quality assessment; commutability; allowable limit of performance; standardization; harmonization

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.011

Evaluation of new Beckman Coulter 25(OH) Vitamin D assay and potential improvement of clinical interpretation

Özlem Ç. Madenci, Asuman Orçun, Zeynep Yildiz, Rana Sirmali, Nazan Tunçbilek, Nihal Yücel, Yusuf Temel, Aycan Bölük

Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: vitamin D; method comparison; standardization; 25-Hydroxyvitamin D

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.036

Concerning the vitamin D reference range: pre-analytical and analytical variability of vitamin D measurement

Davide Ferrari, Giovanni Lombardi, Giuseppe Banfi

Review, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: vitamin D; biological variability; analytical variability; standardization; DEQAS

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030501

External quality assessment of medical laboratories in Croatia: preliminary evaluation of post-analytical laboratory testing

Jasna Lenicek Krleza, Adrijana Dorotic, Ana Grzunov

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: post-analytical phase; standardization; external quality assessment; questionnaire

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.018

Blood gas testing and related measurements: National recommendations on behalf of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Lora Dukić, Lara Milevoj Kopčinović, Adrijana Dorotić, Ivana Baršić

Review, Volume 26, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: blood gas analysis; error; guideline; standardization

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.036

Determination of reference interval for presepsin, an early marker for sepsis

Davide Giavarina, Mariarosa Carta

Original papers, Volume 25, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: CD14 Antigen; presepsin; reference values; male; female; Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.007

Capillary blood sampling: national recommendations on behalf of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Jasna Lenicek Krleza, Adrijana Dorotic, Ana Grzunov, Miljenka Maradin

Review Article, Volume 25, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: recommendations; capillary blood; blood specimen collection; standardization; preanalytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.034

In vitro diagnostic company recalls and medical laboratory practices: an Italian case

Gabriel Lima-Oliveira, Giuseppe Lippi, Gian Luca Salvagno, Giorgio Brocco, Gian Cesare Guidi

Case Report, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: clinical laboratory techniques; patient safety; laboratory variability; reference standards; quality control; parathyroid hormone

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.028

Method evaluation study of a new generation of vitamin D assays

Dietmar Enko, Gernot Kriegshäuser, Robert Stolba, Elfriede Worf, Gabriele Halwachs-Baumann

Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: vitamin D; immunoassays; liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; reference standards; quality improvement

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.020

Do Croatian open access journals support ethical research? Content analysis of instructions to authors

Jadranka Stojanovski

Research integrity corner, Volume 25, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: instructions to authors; publication ethics; publication standards; open access; OA; research integrity

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.002

Nationwide survey of policies and practices related to capillary blood sampling in medical laboratories in Croatia

Jasna Leniček Krleža

Original papers, Volume 24, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: capillaries; blood specimen collection; standardisation; diagnostic techniques and procedures

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2014.037

Standardization of the hemoglobin A1c reporting: transferring global consensus to the local community – Special report

Marijana Vucic Lovrencic, Zeljko Metelko

Opinion, Volume 21, February, Issue 1

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2011.011

Laboratory diagnosis of autoimmune diseases – new technologies, old dilemmas

Ilza Salamunić

Review, Volume 20, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: autoimmune diseases; autoantibodies; diagnostics; technologies; standardization

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.006

Accreditation in clinical laboratories

Tomáš Zima

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: accreditation; ISO 15189 standard; quality system

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.026

30 years of the Austrian Society for Quality Assurance and Standardisation of Medical-Diagnostics

Mathias M. Müller

Editorial, Volume 20, February, Issue 1

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.003

Standard error: meaning and interpretation

Mary L. McHugh

Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 18, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: statistics; standard error

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2008.002

Confidence interval

Ana-Maria Simundic

Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 18, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: confidence interval; sample; standard error

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2008.015

Hemoglobin A1c: Standardization of the “gold standard”

Marijana Vučić Lovrenčić, Elizabeta Topić

Review, Volume 16, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: hemoglobin A1c; diabetes mellitus; harmonization; standardization

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2006.004