Quality Indicators in Laboratory Medicine |Biomedgrid

We are still under discussion about Quality issues in nowadays laboratories despite their super technical and robotically packed equipment. It seems that all fully automated systems generate the same issues as many years ago when laboratories mainly been equipped with semiautomated machines or totally manually procedures took place on a bench. Bearing in mind that human errors will be still possible while even single person operate any process or any step within laboratory, the Quality Indicators (QI) calculation and monitoring will be under control of the members of staff. Routine testing requires maximum strength everyday while Quality Management requires not only enough time to perform procedures at excellent manner but also relevant knowledge and skills. This short Opinion article should be helpful to create own laboratory Quality Indicators design and subsequent monitoring.