BACKGROUND Medical laboratories play a central role in health care. Many laboratories are taking a more focused and stringent approach to quality system management. In Korea, laboratory standardization efforts undertaken by the Korean Laboratory Accreditation Program (KLAP) and the Korean External Quality Assessment Scheme (KEQAS) may have facilitated an improvement in laboratory performance, b...

Objective: This study aims to present the experience of implementation Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology in Alpha Prolipsis Medical Laboratories, a private medical laboratory located Athens, Greece. Methods: 617 FNAs, performed since 2017, were included study. Reports issued according The System Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC). Aspirates prepared with both conventiona...

Information on laboratory organisational structure and roles was gathered from twenty-four national veterinary diagnostic laboratories around the world. This information was used to develop an overview of the organisation and roles of the national veterinary diagnostic laboratory. In addition, the national diagnostic laboratory for the United States of America (the National Veterinary Services ...

The scope of activity of the Blood Transfusion Service (BTS) makes it unique among the clinical laboratories. The combination of therapeutic and diagnostic roles necessitates a multi-faceted approach to utilization management in the BTS. We present our experience in utilization management in large academic medical center.