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A robust pre-examination process in the clinical laboratory is pivotal to ensuring exceptional patient care and accurate and reliable test results. CLSI's comprehensive pre-examination process standards are accessible and user-friendly resources that show you step-by-step how to implement pre-examination processes. Topics include proper handling of laboratory specimens, appropriate patient identification, establishment of clear protocols for test requisition and specimen collection, and more. With CLSI's pre-examination process standards, your laboratory can ensure patient safety and the overall quality of diagnostic outcomes.
CLSI PRE01 establishes procedures to ensure accurate patient and specimen identification. It is meant to eliminate repeating information in individual Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute documents, which might introduce inconsistencies within the standards and guidelines and confusion for the user.
This guideline includes criteria for assessing blood specimen quality and acceptability.
