Petra Andrasic, Renata Zrinski Topic, Ivan Pavic, Jasna Lenicek Krleza
Preanalytical mysteries, Volume 35, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: agglutination; ceftriaxone; hemolytic anemia; preanalytical errors; red blood cell count
Thibault Vanhove, Margo Aertgeerts, Peter Witters, Daisy Rymen, Detlef Böckenhauer, Glynis Frans, Pieter Vermeersch
Preanalytical mysteries, Volume 34, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; interference; homogentisic acid; dark-stained urine; alkaptonuria; inborn errors of metabolism; case report
Özlem Çakır Madenci, Soner Erdin, Ayşe Kestane, Müge Kutnu
Original articles, Volume 33, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: inborn errors of metabolism; laboratory information system (LIS); paediatrics; reference intervals; tandem mass spectrometry
Jasmina Katanić, Bojan Stanimirov, Vanesa Sekeruš, Maja Đanić, Nebojša Pavlović, Momir Mikov, Karmen Stankov
Short review, Volume 33, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: biochemical marker; clinical laboratory test; diagnostic error; drug-laboratory test interaction; pharmaceuticals
Berrak Guven, Ismail Benice, Murat Can
Short communications, Volume 33, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: HbA1c; blood sample collection; preanalytical error; diabetes mellitus
Mattia Carini, Moira Micheletti, Giovanni Martellosio, Elisa Caravaggi, Nicola Portesi, Giorgio Biasiotto, Monica Marini, Duilio Brugnoni, Federico Serana
Preanalytical mysteries, Volume 32, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: blood specimen collection; pre-analytical phase; medical error; central venous catheters; haematology
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
Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: Six Sigma; total allowable error; quality control; biological variation
Humeyra Ozturk Emre, Fatma Hande Karpuzoglu, Cihan Coskun, Ebru Demirel Sezer, Ozlem Goruroglu Ozturk, Fatma Ucar, Hikmet Can Cubukcu, Fatma Demet Arslan, Levent Deniz, Mehmet Senes, Mustafa Serteser, Cevat Yazici, Dogan Yucel, Abdurrahman Coskun
Original Articles, Volume 31, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: biological variation; laboratory error; patient safety; reference change value
Abdulkadir Çat, Kamil Taha Uçar, Alper Gümüş
Original Articles, Volume 31, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: ethanol; haemolysis; interference; preanalytical error
Original papers, Volume 30, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: preanalytical errors; postanalytical errors; preanalytical risk; postanalytical risk
Flávia Martinello, Nada Snoj, Milan Skitek, Aleš Jerin
Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 30, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: measurement uncertainty; bias; uncertainty; total error; quality control
Bas Calcoen, Koen Desmet, Pieter Vermeersch
Preanalytical Mysteries, Volume 29, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; blood coagulation test; diagnostic error; blood specimen collection
Wilson Bajaña, Eduardo Aranda, Maria Elena Arredondo, Lorena Michele Brennan-Bourdon, Marise Danielle Campelo, Edgar Espinoza, Silvia Flores, Patricia Ochoa, Veronica Vega, Beatriz Varela, Gabriel Lima-Oliveira
Original articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: blood specimen collection; diagnostic errors; fasting; postprandial period; reproducibility of results
Gian Luca Salvagno, Davide Demonte, Giuseppe Lippi
Preanalytical Mysteries, Volume 29, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: potassium; hyperkalemia; preanalytical variability; diagnostic errors
Charlotte Gils, Pernille Just Vinholt, Mads Nybo
Preanalytical Mysteries, Volume 29, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: activated partial thromboplastin time; haemolysis; lipemia; post-analytical errors; pre-analytical errors
Sten Westgard, Hassan Bayat, James O Westgard
Short Communications, Volume 29, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: Sigma metrics; Six Sigma; allowable total error
Abdurrahman Coskun, Mustafa Serteser, Ibrahim Ünsal
Short Communications, Volume 29, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: laboratory error; normal distribution; sigma metric; Six Sigma; uniform distribution
Anita Topic, Lara Milevoj Kopcinovic, Ana Bronic, Marina Pavic
Preanalytical mysteries, Volume 28, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: cold agglutinins; preanalytical errors; red blood cell count; spurious complete blood count results
Xuehui Mao, Jing Shao, Bingchang Zhang, Yong Wang
Short Communications: Special issue on Six Sigma metrics, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: Sigma metrics; total allowable error; quality control; bias
Ashish Jain, Sanchit Jain, Neha Singh, Priyanka Aswal, Shweta Pal, Sushant Kumar Meinia, Nilotpal Chowdhury
Short Communications, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: pre-analytical error; erythrocyte indices; laboratory errors; platelet count; sample stability
Adolfo Romero, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Adolfo Romero-Arana, Carlos Ruiz-Frutos
Original Papers, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; Healthcare Failure Mode and Effects Analysis; quality assessment; errors
Rania El Sharkawy, Sten Westgard, Ahmed M Awad, AbdelKarem Omneya I Ahmed, El Hadidi Iman, Ahmed Gaballah, Eman Shaheen
Original Papers: Special issue on Six Sigma metrics, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: sigma; bias; coefficient of variation; harmonization; total allowable error
Original Papers: Special issue on Six Sigma metrics, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: quality assessment; Sigma metrics; method decision chart; total allowable error
Xiuzhi Guo, Tianjiao Zhang, Xuehui Gao, Pengchang Li, Tingting You, Qiong Wu, Jie Wu, Fang Zhao, Liangyu Xia, Ermu Xu, Ling Qiu, Xinqi Cheng
Original Papers: Special issue on Six Sigma metrics, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: Six Sigma; proficiency testing; internal quality control; allowable total error
Bettina Kárai, Zsófia Miltényi, Lajos Gergely, Marianna Száraz-Széles, János Kappelmayer, Zsuzsanna Hevessy
Original Papers, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: myelodysplastic syndromes; flow cytometry; pre-analytical error
Wytze P. Oosterhuis, Abdurrahman Coskun
Review: Special issue on Six Sigma metrics, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: biological variation; Six Sigma; Sigma metrics; total error; number of distinct categories
Lessons in Biostatistics: Special issue on Six Sigma metrics, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: medical laboratory; Sigma metrics; Six Sigma; allowable total error
Amalija Bunjevac, Nora Nikolac Gabaj, Marijana Miler, Anita Horvat
Original Papers, Volume 28, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; laboratory error; urinalysis; urine sediment
Gus Koerbin, Jiakai Liu, Alex Eigenstetter, Chin Hon Tan, Tony Badrick, Tze Ping Loh
Original Papers, Volume 28, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: error; moving average; bias; quality control; quality assurance
Gunn Berit Berge Kristensen, Piet Meijer
Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: external quality assessment; commutability; reference method; EQA error; between lot variation
Giuseppe Lippi, Gianfranco Cervellin
Pre-analytical mysteries, Volume 27, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: anaemia; errors; posture; preanalytical variability; case report
Giuseppe Lippi, Ana-Maria Simundic, Giacomo Musile, Elisa Danese, Gianluca Salvagno, Franco Tagliaro
Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: laboratory testing; diagnostics; alcohol; errors; pre-analytical phase
Nora Nikolac, Jasna Lenicek Krleza, Ana-Maria Simundic
Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; external quality assessment; laboratory error
Ingrid Revet, Lianne SM Boesten, Jan Linthorst, Elif Yildiz, Johannes W Janssen, Yolanda B de Rijke, Arjan Albersen
Case Report, Volume 26, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: FT4; thyroid function test; diagnostic errors; interference; immunoassay
Lora Dukić, Lara Milevoj Kopčinović, Adrijana Dorotić, Ivana Baršić
Review, Volume 26, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: blood gas analysis; error; guideline; standardization
Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, Ana Santo-Quiles, Mercedes Gutierrez, Javier Lugo, Rosa Lillo, Carlos Leiva-Salinas
Original papers, Volume 25, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: Preanalytical phase; errors in laboratory medicine; balanced scorecard; patient safety
Zeliha Gunnur Dikmen, Asli Pinar, Filiz Akbiyik
Original papers, Volume 25, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: clinical laboratory services; total quality management; patient safety; preanalytical phase; preanalytical error
Giuseppe Lippi, Massimo Daves, Camilla Mattiuzzi
Review, Volume 24, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: errors; analytical interference; contrast media; contrast agents; gadolinium
Review, Volume 24, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: lipemia interference; laboratory error; preanalytical phase; interference testing; biological variation
Aysenur Atay, Leyla Demir, Serap Cuhadar, Gulcan Saglam, Hulya Unal, Saliha Aksun, Banu Arslan, Asuman Ozkan, Recep Sutcu
Original papers, Volume 24, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: preanalytical error; quality indicator; specimen rejection
Gabriel Lima-Oliveira, Gian Luca Salvagno, Giuseppe Lippi, Elisa Danese, Matteo Gelati, Martina Montagnana, Geraldo Picheth, Gian Cesare Guidi
Original papers, Volume 24, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: diagnostic errors; fasting; postprandial period; reference values; reproducibility of results.
Marijana Miler, Ana-Maria Šimundić
Original papers, Volume 23, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: data collection; preanalytical errors; questionnaires; urine specimen collection
Nora Nikolac, Vesna Šupak-Smolčić, Ana-Maria Šimundić, Ivana Ćelap
Review, Volume 23, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: phlebotomy; venous blood; recommendations; health planning; laboratory errors; preanalytical phase
Review, Volume 23, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: blood gas analysis; preanalytical error; laboratory error; pO2; pCO2; pH
Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 23, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: bias; sampling errors; research design
Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 22, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: biostatistics; errors; data analysis; research ethics
Ana-Maria Simundic, Giuseppe Lippi
Editorial, Volume 22, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; errors; quality indicators; phlebotomy; blood sampling
Mehmet Koseoglu, Aysel Hur, Aysenur Atay, Serap Cuhadar
Original papers, Volume 21, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: hemolysis; preanalytical errors; interference; analytes.
Vesna Supak Smolcic, Lidija Bilic-Zulle, Elizabeta Fisic
Original papers, Volume 21, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: validation study; chemistry techniques; analytical; Cobas 6000 analyzer; total error; Passing and Bablock regression
Giuseppe Lippi, Patrizia Bonelli, Rossana Rossi, Mirco Bardi, Rosalia Aloe, Alberta Caleffi, Enrichetta Bonilauri
Original papers, Volume 20, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: errors; laboratory testing; computer program; informatics; extra-analytical phase
Giuseppe Lippi, Ana-Maria Simundic
Editorial, Volume 20, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: patient safety; laboratory diagnostics; preanalytical phase; errors; quality
Davide Giavarina, Adele Villani, Marco Caputo
Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: quality; point of care; laboratory medicine; turn-around-time; error
Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: critical values; notification of critical values; clinical laboratories; post-analytical phase; errors in laboratory medicine
Ana-Maria Simundic, Elizabeta Topic, Nora Nikolac, Giuseppe Lippi
Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: hemolysis; extra-analytical quality; errors; laboratory testing; interference
Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: analytical errors; patient safety; clinical laboratory; quality control; drug interference; calibration; paraprotein; reference interval
Giuseppe Lippi, Ana-Maria Simundic, Camilla Mattiuzzi
Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: errors; quality; patient safety; outcome; prevention
Ana-Maria Simundic, Nora Nikolac
Original papers, Volume 19, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: biostatistics; errors; data analysis; research ethics
Marijana Miler, Ana-Maria Simundic, Mario Štefanović, Dragica Ferenec-Ružić, Marina Kvaternik, Elizabeta Topić, Nada Vrkić
Original papers, Volume 19, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: accreditation; analyzer comparison; internal quality control; laboratory error
Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 18, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: statistics; standard error
Jelena Kozar, Ana-Maria Simundic, Nora Nikolac, Marijana Žirović, Elizabeta Topić
Original papers, Volume 18, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: accuracy; precision; analytical evaluation; self monitoring blood glucose device; Bland-Altman; Clarke Error Grid analysis
Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 18, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: confidence interval; sample; standard error
Martina Udovičić, Ksenija Baždarić, Lidija Bilić-Zulle, Mladen Petrovečki
Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 17, June, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: correlation; Pearson’s correlation coefficient; Spearman’s correlation coefficient; coefficient of determination; error; statistics