Establishment, monitoring and improvement of indicators of specimen quality in clinical laboratories / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

The pre-examination process is the first key step in the total testing process of clinical laboratories.Specimen acceptability is an important indicator to measure the quality of pre-examination.In order to identify the risks and the root causes in the process , establishment and monitoring of quality indicators about specimen will effectively control the risks , enhance the acceptability of specimens , promote the improvement of pre-examination quality and finally get the aim of assuring patients′safety.