background: quality assurance in the hematology laboratory is a must to ensure laboratory users of reliable test results with high degree of precision and accuracy. even after so many advances in hematology laboratory practice, pre-analytical errors remain a challenge for practicing pathologists. this study was undertaken with an objective to evaluate the types and frequency of preanalytical er...

Department of Hematology, Institut Jules Bordet (ULB), Brussels, Belgium; Hematological Malignancies Unit, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Hematology, CHU Dinant Godinne (CHU UCL Namur), Belgium; Department of Hematology, CHU Liège, Belgium; Department of Hematology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Spain; Unité de Gériatrie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud...

This Editorial marks the launch of BMC Hematology, formerly known as BMC Blood Disorders, within the BMC series of journals published by BioMed Central. The scope of BMC Hematology encompasses basic, experimental and clinical research related to hematology. In this Editorial we will discuss the rationale behind this relaunch and how, as an open access journal providing unrestricted and free acc...

Duran Canatan1, Yeşim Aydınok2, Yurdanur Kılınç3, Zeynep Karakaş4, İlgen Şaşmaz3, Hilmi Apak5, Nazan Sarper6 1Mediterranean Blood Diseases Foundation, Hemoglobinopathy Diagnosis Center, Antalya, Turkey 2Ege University, Department of Pediatric Hematology, İzmir, Turkey 3Çukurova University, Department of Pediatric Hematology, Adana, Turkey 4İstanbul University, Çapa Medical Faculty, Department o...

1Institute of Hematology L. & A. Seràgnoli, University of Bologna, Bologna; 2Department of Hematology, University La Sapienza Rome, Rome; 3Department of Internal Medicine, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital Orbassano, Torino; 4Department of Hematology, University of Catania, Catania; 5Department of Hematology, University of Bari, Bari; 6Division of Hematology, Mazzoni Hospital, Ascoli Piceno; 7Hematolog...

1Institute of Hematology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; 2Hematology, University of Siena and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy; 3Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Section, University of Padua, Padua, Italy; 4Department of Medicine, Hematology Section, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; 5Department of Pathology, C...