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How to reduce EDTA contamination in laboratory specimens: a Tunisian experience by Kahena Bouzid; Ahlem Bartkiz; Aymen Bouzainne; Samia Cherif; Saddem Ramdhani; Aida Zairi; Mehdi Mrad; Afef Bahlous; Jaouida Abdelmoula is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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To the Editor, The laboratory testing process is traditionally divided into three phases: pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical. The ISO 15189:2012 standard for laboratory accreditation defines the pre-analytical phase as "steps starting in chronological order, from the clinician's request and including the examination requisition, preparation of the patient, collection of the primary sample, transportation to and within the laboratory and ending when the analytical examination procedure begins" [1]. The errors made in the period prior to the sample analysis can potentially lead to a serious patient misdiagnosis and compromise patient's treatment. Despite the large differences in actual error frequencies, all recently available studies demonstrate that the majority of all errors in the total testing process were of pre-analytical origin (32%-75%), with fewer mistakes during the analytical step (4%-32%) [2,3].
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- Author
- Kahena Bouzid; Ahlem Bartkiz; Aymen Bouzainne; Samia Cherif; Saddem Ramdhani; Aida Zairi; Mehdi Mrad; Afef Bahlous; Jaouida Abdelmoula
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)