Harmonizacija u predanalitičkoj fazi

Harmonization encompasses all efforts made in a search for differences in policies and procedures and minimizing these. Since it reduces variability and errors, harmonization certainly leads to the quality improvement in every system. During the 3rd EFLM-BD European Conference on Preanalytical Phase held during 20 – 21 March in Porto (Portugal), representatives of many member societies of European federation for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) have agreed that harmonization is necessary and possible at national as well as at international level and have expressed their willingness to work together with EFLM to work towards this goal. The way forward this goal is long and challenging. Which are the prerequisites for success? The existence of standards is a major prerequisite in order to reach harmonization. Standards need to be evidence-based and focused to the benefit of the patient. Implementing these standards into the preanalytical phase is the next step. Each step of the preanalytical phase should be standardized, from Simpozij S3: Harmonizacija