Journal of Pharmacovigilance and Quality Assurance ISSN: 3108-2343 (Online)

Authors: Menka Kapil, Rateesh Sareen, G.N. Gupta

Abstract: The clinical laboratory plays an increasingly important role in the patient centered approach to deliver healthcare services. Physicians rely on accurate laboratory test results for proper disease diagnosis and for guiding therapy; it is estimated that more than 70% of clinical decisions are based on information derived from laboratory test results. The total test process show that the pre-analytical phase accounts for 46% to 68.2% of errors. The awareness and knowledge to recognize preanalytical errors is the goal of achieving total laboratory quality is must for patient care.

Keywords: Pre analytic, Hemolysis, Lipemia