In laboratory medicine, meaningful measurements are essential for the diagnosis, risk assessment, treatment, and follow-up of patients; therefore, methods applied in diagnostic measurements must be accurate, precise, specific, and comparable among laboratories (1 ). A given analytical measurement has only one true result, and the reliability of a measurement lies both in the result obtained and...

Standardization of medical terminology is essential in data transmission between health care institutes and in maximizing the benefits of information technology. The purpose of this study was to standardize medical terms for laboratory observations. During the second year of the study, a standard database of concept names for laboratory terms that covered those used in tertiary health care inst...

Around 300 BC, during the time of the ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates, the first documented examination of human bodily fluids was conducted. This gave birth to laboratory medicine, which is the use of laboratory tests to guide clinical investigations.1 Ever since, as a result of its multi-faceted nature, ensuring the quality of testing in laboratory medicine has remained a challenge, but ...

A LTHOUGH simple laboratory tests have been performed At'1.in primary health care for many years, recent technological developments have made it possible to do a much wider range of tests nearer the patient ('near patient testing').'-3 Many of these tests require little equipment and a non-technical person such as a nurse can often obtain a result within a few minutes. In the United States at l...

The rapidly evolving fields of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics can benefit from biobanks which help to quantify specific molecules, characterize them and to compare profiles. Laboratory medicine utilizes the chemical and physical properties of molecules to analyze them. Mass spectrometry using ionization & fragmentation, magnetic resonance methods and deep sequencing are ...

Laboratory medicine is a medical specialty at the centre of healthcare. When used optimally laboratory medicine generates knowledge that can facilitate patient safety, improve patient outcomes, shorten patient journeys and lead to more cost-effective healthcare. Optimal use of laboratory medicine relies on dynamic and authoritative leadership outside as well as inside the laboratory. The first ...

The paper introduces the need of improving skills level of students using Internet network. The solution has been discussed on an example with remarks for the medical diagnostic devices. The laboratory, which is not large enough, for performing all needed training courses, can be provided the trainee after their main work hours. The elaborated solution is supported by various training interface...

Evidence of the acute lack of interchangeable laboratory results and consensus in current practice among clinical laboratories has underpinned greater attention to standardization and harmonization projects. Although the focus is mainly on the standardization of measurement procedures, the scope of harmonization goes beyond method and analytical results: it includes all other aspects of laborat...