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Editorial

The importance of regulation (EU) 2017/746 for quality control in medical laboratories

Cristiano Ialongo, Maria Sapio, Leda Elisabetta Antetomaso, Antonio Angeloni

Editorial, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: quality control; traceability; uncertainty

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010301

Reviews

National Guidelines for the Performance of the Sweat Test in Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis on behalf of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine and the Cystic Fibrosis Centre - Paediatrics and adults, University Hospital Centre Zagreb

Jasna Leniček Krleža, Merica Aralica, Duška Tješić-Drinković, Karolina Crneković, Jelena Culej, Gordana Fressl Juroš, Verica Horvat, Dara Metzner, Dijana Pamuković Jaram, Alma Pipić Kitter, Fran Smaić, Sanela Šimić Vojak, Livija Šimičević, Valentina Verić

Reviews, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010501

Original articles

Verification of Atellica 1500 and comparison with Iris urine analyser and urine culture

Ana Nikler, Helena Čičak, Danijela Bejuk, Vanja Radišić Biljak, Ana-Maria Šimundić

Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: Atellica 1500 analyser; Iris analyser; urine; verification

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010701

Review of current incidents and risk calculations used in the Royal College of Australasian Pathologists Key Incident Management and Monitoring Systems - a system that could be used by all Australasian medical laboratories, and easily adapted to worldwide use

Stephanie Gay, Belinda Pope, Tony Badrick, Michael Whiley

Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: extra-analytical phase; laboratory organisation and management; pre- and post-analytical incidents; risk matrix; quality assurance

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010702

Evaluation of the clinical chemistry tests analytical performance with Sigma Metric by using different quality specifications - Comparison of analyser actual performance with manufacturer data

Murat Keleş

Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: Six Sigma; total allowable error; quality control; biological variation

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010703

Concordance of apolipoprotein B concentration with the Friedewald, Martin-Hopkins, and Sampson formulas for calculating LDL cholesterol

Pieter-Jan Briers, Michel R. Langlois

Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: apolipoprotein B; LDL-cholesterol; Friedewald formula; Martin-Hopkins formula; Sampson formula

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010704

Moving average procedures as an additional tool for real-time analytical quality control: challenges and opportunities of implementation in small-volume medical laboratories

Vera Lukić, Svetlana Ignjatović

Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: quality control; moving average; patient-based real-time quality control; laboratory information system

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010705

Dynamic profiles and predictive values of some biochemical and haematological quantities in COVID-19 inpatients

María José Castro-Castro, Laura García-Tejada, Ariadna Arbiol-Roca, Lourdes Sánchez-Navarro, Loreto Rapún-Mas, Isabel Cachon-Suárez, Marta Álvarez-Álvarez, Dolors Dot-Bach, Roser Güell-Miró, Anna Cortés-Bosch de Bassea, Macarena Dastis-Arias, Ana Sancho-Cerro, Noelia Díaz-Troyano, Teresa Escartín-Diez, Diego Muñoz-Provencio, Rosa Navarro-Badal

Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: COVID-19; pneumonia; prognosis; SARS-CoV-2

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010706

Reevaluation of von Willebrand disease diagnosis in a Croatian paediatric cohort combining bleeding scores, phenotypic laboratory assays and next generation sequencing: a pilot study

Ivana Lapić, Margareta Radić Antolic, Sara Dejanović Bekić, Désirée Coen-Herak, Ernest Bilić, Dunja Rogić, Renata Zadro

Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: haemostasis; von Willebrand disease; paediatrics; hemorrhage; next-generation sequencing

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010707

Verification of automatic analysers Roller 20PN and iSED for measuring erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Helena Čičak, Pavica Šonjić, Ana-Maria Šimundić

Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: automated ESR; Westergren method; blood sedimentation rate; verification; haematology

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010708

Short communications

Interpretative comments - need for harmonization? Results of the Croatian survey by the Working Group for Post-analytics

Vladimira Rimac, Sonja Podolar, Anja Jokic, Jelena Vlasic Tanaskovic, Lorena Honovic, Jasna Lenicek Krleza

Short communications, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: post-analytical phase; clinical laboratory; interpretative comments; questionnaire

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010901

Poor correlation between alcohol concentration in oral fluid and breath in subjects consuming beverages immediately before testing

Hallvard Gjerde, Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, Håvard Furuhaugen

Short communications, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: breath tests; ethanol; feasibility studies; saliva

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010902

Haemoglobin A1c-based screening for prediabetes and diabetes mellitus: a multi-center study in Croatian adult population

Ivana Lapić, Dunja Rogić, Nora Nikolac Gabaj, Katarina Kajić, Nena Peran, Lada Surjan, Anamarija Đuras, Valentina Cesar Kocijan, Nada Bilopavlović, Fran Smaić, Mario Štefanović, Ivanka Ostroški, Leida Tandara, Milena Krnjaić-Tadijanović, Ivan Gornik, Hrvoje Pintarić, Daniela Marasović Krstulović, Blaženka Miškić, Dario Rahelić

Short communications, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: haemoglobin A1c; prediabetes; diabetes mellitus; prevalence

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010903

Evaluation and management of leukolysis-mediated pseudohyperkalemia in paediatric leukemic samples

Lourens Jan Peter Nonkes, Valérie de Haas, Hans Kemperman, Albert Huisman, Ruben Eduardus Antonius Musson, Wouter Marcel Tiel Groenestege

Short communications, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: leukolysis; pseudohyperkalemia; paediatric; leukocyte threshold

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010904

Preanalytical mysteries

Deviating glucose results in an international dual-center study. A root cause investigation

Janne Cadamuro, Peter Bergsten, Katharina Mörwald, Anders Forslund, Marie Dahlbom, Jonas Bergquist, Iris Ciba, Susanne M. Brunner, Jeanne Jabbour, Daniel Weghuber

Preanalytical mysteries, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; tube additive; PREDICT; blood collection tubes; preanalytical error

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.011001

A sudden creatinine increase: A case report

Bernhard Strasser, Sebastian Strasser, Josef Tomasits

Preanalytical mysteries, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: cystatin C; creatinine; estimated glomerular filtration rate; case report

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.011002

Erratum

Corrigendum to: Assessment of antinuclear antibodies (ANA): National recommendations on behalf of the Croatian society of medical biochemistry and laboratory medicine

Andrea Tešija Kuna, Lovorka Đerek, Vedrana Drvar, Ana Kozmar, Katarina Gugo

Erratum, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.011201

Index of authors and list of reviewers

List of reviewers

Index of authors and list of reviewers, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

Index of authors

Index of authors and list of reviewers, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

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