ArticleEJIFCC2020
Challenges in Preanalytical Phase of Laboratory Medicine: Rate of Blood Sample Nonconformity in a Tertiary Care Hospital.
Article in EJIFCC, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05942066 (Feasibility Study Aiming at Pre-Analytical Standardization of Whole Blood Processing for Liquid Biopsy Applications), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers.
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Feasibility Study Aiming at Pre-Analytical Standardization of Whole Blood Processing for Liquid Biopsy Applications
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Integrating narrative medicine into laboratory quality improvement: a sustainable model for reducing coagulation specimen rejections.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
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- Types and frequency of preanalytical errors occurring in the hematology laboratory at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized hospital, North Central, Ethiopia, 2025.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Pre-analytical errors in a high-volume Bangladeshi diagnostic centre: Prevalence, workload impact, and mitigation strategies.PloS one · 2026Observational
- Risk Evaluation of Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Devices: Insights From a Tertiary Care Hospital.Cureus · 2025Article
- An overview of ELISA: a review and update on best laboratory practices for quantifying peptides and proteins in biological fluids.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Review
- Investigating the impact of implementing structured patient handover through the SBAR model on clinical errors of nurses in the emergency department.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Pre-analytical Factors Influencing Blood Sample Rejection Rate in the Hematology Laboratory of the Philippine General Hospital from 2018 to 2022: A Cross-sectional Study.Acta medica Philippina · 2025Article
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- Assessment of hematology laboratory performance in the total testing process using quality indicators and sigma metrics in the northwest of Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Quality Control Circle Practices to Reduce Specimen Rejection Rates.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Preanalytical Errors in a Hematology Laboratory: An Experience from a Tertiary Care Center.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Blood specimen rejection rate in clinical laboratory: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Practical laboratory medicine · 2023Review
- Preanalytical DNA assessment for downstream applications: How to optimize the management of human biospecimens to support molecular diagnosis-An experimental study.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2022Article
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- Frequencies and causes of pre-analytical errors in a tertiary care hospital laboratory in Saudi Arabia.Annals of Saudi medicineObservational
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the major causes of preanalytical errors in medical laboratory of a tertiary care hospital.
methodsIt was a retrospective study in which we analyzed the sample rejection data of hematology and chemical pathology sections from January to December 2018. Number of rejected samples, reason for rejection and type of test ordered on monthly basis were recorded on a platform.
resultsA total of 113,817 samples were received during the study period. Preanalytical errors were found in 1,688 samples, which constitute approximately 1.48% of the total number of samples received.
conclusionOur study highlights the magnitude of preanalytical errors in our setup. Preanalytical errors can lead to loss of patient trust in diagnostic services, can dent the laboratory's reputation, and lead to an increase in the overall operating expenses, both for laboratories as well as the hospitals. Compliance with good laboratory practices can significantly reduce the frequency of pre analytical errors.
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