Establishing professional phlebotomist group for quality control of the preanalytic variables of clinical laboratory

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1. Masthead
2. Masthead
3. Editorials
4. Cancer epigenomics: moving slowly, but at a steady pace from laboratory bench to clinical practice
5. Laboratory networking and sample quality: a still relevant issue for patient safety
6. Reviews
7. DNA methylation biomarkers and their utility for solid cancer diagnostics
8. DNA methylation biomarkers in biological fluids for early detection of respiratory tract cancer
9. Global DNA hypomethylation in cancer: review of validated methods and clinical significance
10. Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
11. δ⁰-Thalassemia in cis of β^Knossos globin gene: first homozygous description in thalassemia intermedia Libyans and first combination with codon 39 (C→T) in thalassemia intermedia Tunisian patients
12. Genetic-based reference values for angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) according to I/D polymorphism in a Spanish population sample
13. General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
14. Effects of sample transportation on commonly requested laboratory tests
15. Long-term (in)stability of folate and vitamin B₁₂ in human serum
16. Information comparison of the effects of drugs on laboratory tests in drug labels and Young’s book
17. First evaluation of Capillarys 2 Flex Piercing^® (Sebia) as a new analyzer for HbA_1c assay by capillary electrophoresis
18. Antioxidant and oligonutrient status, distribution of amino acids, muscle damage, inflammation, and evaluation of renal function in elite rugby players
19. Validation of the body fluid module on the new Sysmex XN-1000 for counting blood cells in cerebrospinal fluid and other body fluids
20. Measuring Rivaroxaban in a clinical laboratory setting, using common coagulation assays, Xa inhibition and thrombin generation
21. Cancer Diagnostics
22. Increased concentrations of growth factors and activation of the EGFR system in breast cancer
23. Infectious Diseases
24. Incidence and significance of elevated lactate in the identification of critically ill patients
25. Cardiovascular Diseases
26. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A₂ is elevated in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis without clinically overt atherosclerosis
27. Diabetes
28. Serum cystatin C as a marker for early detection of chronic kidney disease and grade 2 nephropathy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes
29. Letters to the Editor
30. Establishing professional phlebotomist group for quality control of the preanalytic variables of clinical laboratory
31. Application of quality specification based on biological variation in planning quality control strategy
32. Analytical and clinical evaluation of a new immunoassay for therapeutic drug monitoring of infliximab and adalimumab
33. Comparison of relationships between FT4 and log TSH in Access DXI 800 Unicel, Modular E170 and ADVIA Centaur XP Analyzer
34. Assay-specific pitfalls of catecholamine HPLC assays
35. Evaluation of automated nucleated red blood cells counting on Sysmex XE5000 and Siemens ADVIA 2120
36. Evaluation of the immature myeloid information (IMI) by Sysmex XE 2100^® hematology analyzer in the identification of blasts of myeloid lineage
37. Congress Abstracts
38. Congress of Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Chemistry / 4th Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society for Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Chemistry (ÖGLMKC)
39. Abstracts of the 2012 Convocation of Experts on Laboratory Quality / Embracing the Need of Continued Vigilance to Assure Quality Outcomes in the Modern Laboratory