Tremendous efforts have been made over the past few decades to discover novel cancer
biomarkers for use in clinical practice. However, a striking discrepancy exists between the …

Turnaround time (TAT) is one of the most noticeable signs of laboratory service and is often
used as a key performance indicator of laboratory performance. This review summarises the …

Context.—Monitoring customer satisfaction is a valuable component of a laboratory quality
improvement program. Objective.—To survey the level of physician satisfaction with hospital …

Lab investigations are essential in patient management and qualities of the tests reports are
emphasized. But there is another aspect of quality which is often overlooked and that is …

We performed customer satisfaction surveys for physicians and nurses regarding clinical
laboratory services, and for outpatients who used phlebotomy services at a tertiary care unit …

Plasma is a rich source of biomarkers with clinical relevance. However, the wide dynamic
range of protein concentration hinders the detection of low abundance proteins. Plasma …

Objectives: To assess physicians' and nurses' satisfaction with the service provided by the
laboratory at Gondar University Hospital. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study …

Quality management is a system for continuously analyzing, improving, and reexamining
resources, processes, and services within an organization. The preanalytical phase of the …

Context.—The preanalytic phase of 24-hour urine collection, before clinical analysis,
requires the active participation of patients and usually takes place outside the laboratory …

Context.—Utilization of stat testing priority is a balance between safe, efficient patient
management and resource expenditure. Objective.—To determine the rate of stat testing …