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Indicators and specifications of the quality in the Clinical Laboratory

Interdisciplinary group with medical specialists belonging to the Clinical Laboratories of the Catalan Institute of Health. The group's work is based on consensus and shared experience as guarantors of effectiveness and efficiency. The main objective is to establish quality indicators and specifications for the design and evaluation of strategies for the continuous improvement of processes, in order to increase patient safety. One of the lines of work of the group is the variability, adequacy and efficiency of the actions undertaken in demand.

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Llovet, MI; Biosca, C; Martinez-Iribarren, A; Blanco, A; Busquets, G; Castro, MJ; Llopis, MA; Montesinos, M; Minchinela, J; Perich, C; Prieto, J; Ruiz, R; Serrat, N; Simon, M; Trejo, A; Monguet, JM; Lopez-Pablo, C; Ibarz, M

Reaching consensus on communication of critical laboratory results using a collective intelligence method

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE 56 403-412. .

[doi:10.1515/cclm-2017-0374]

Llopis, MA; Bauca, JM; Barba, N; Alvarez, V; Ventura, M; Ibarz, M; Gomez-Rioja, R; Marzana, I; Puente, JJ; Segovia, M; Martinez, D; Alsina, MJ

Spanish Preanalytical Quality Monitoring Program (SEQC), an overview of 12 years' experience

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE 55 530-538. .

[doi:10.1515/cclm-2016-0382]

Cornes, M; van Dongen-Lases, E; Grankvist, K; Ibarz, M; Kristensen, G; Lippi, G; Nybo, M; Simundic, AM

Order of blood draw: Opinion Paper by the European Federation for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE)

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE 55 27-31. .

[doi:10.1515/cclm-2016-0426]

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Maria Mercedes Ibarz Escuer

Maria Mercedes Ibarz Escuer

Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida