A new and effective way for preventing pre-analytical laboratory errors

Auto-validation of complete blood counts in an outpatient’s regional laboratory

“…Modern laboratory information systems (LIS) have the ability to auto-validate complete blood count (CBC) test results decreasing pre-analytic [1] and probably analytic and post-analytic errors. However, the appropriate criteria that maximize clinical utility and minimize errors are unclear.…”

Autovalidation rates in an outpatient coagulation laboratory

“…Modern laboratory information systems (LIS) have the ability to autovalidate test results in coagulation laboratories decreasing pre‐analytic and probably analytic and postanalytic errors as well as decreasing turnaround time in hospitalized patients . We recently reported complete blood count autovalidation rates of 97.6% after rejecting results requiring validation to determine the need for a peripheral smear review and/or sample rerun, and 92.9% after including reflex testing to determine the etiology of normocytic and microcytic anemia .…”

Exact time of venous blood sample collection – an unresolved issue, on behalf of the European Federation for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE)

“…Similar to the above-mentioned solutions, extra costs for dedicated devices as well as the slightly higher costs for these special tubes compared to those without label have to be considered. In clinical settings where these system are implemented, mainly positive effects on some preanalytical quality indicators were reported [20]. However, overriding the automatically set sampling time or manual entry shall be enabled in certain circumstances (e.g.…”