Laboratory diagnostics has emerged as a critical feature of standard medical practice over
the past 100 years. Test results have been recognized as increasingly essential tools for …

A body of evidence collected in the last few decades demonstrates that the pre-and post-
analytical phases of the testing cycle are more error-prone than the analytical phase …

In the United States, during the year 2014, 8124 firearms homicides were reported to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)[1], and 761 people died in commercial airline …

Over the last 20 years laboratory medicine has played an increasingly dominant role in
clinical decisionmaking and patient management. Laboratory tests are essential to …

Laboratory tests offer value if they provide benefit to patients at acceptable costs. Laboratory
testing is one of the most widely used diagnostic interventions supporting medical decisions …

Medicine is dedicated to the 2nd Strategic Conference of the European Federation for
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) that was held from 18th to 19th June …

Laboratory medicine is the branch of medicine that provides objective data to clinicians and
other healthcare workers to guide appropriate clinical decision making. Laboratory medicine …

Technological developments and economic drivers have led to major changes in clinical
laboratories worldwide, principally represented by an increase in testing productivity and …

Laboratory data intervenes in more than 70% of clinical decisions [1]. Technological
advances have endorsed such a great contribution to clinical decision-making …

The first automobile accident in the US occurred in 1891, only 6 years after Karl Benz
developed the first gasoline-powered production automobile. Less poorly documented is the …