Quality assurance and quality control

Inside the Lab Training and education

Patient-Centered Laboratory Medicine

05/22/2015 | Mike Hallworth

Helpings labs to understand their role in clinical care, and to impact and improve patient outcomes.

Inside the Lab Genetics and epigenetics

Tumor Genotyping – How Accurate Are You?

05/22/2015 | Joe Whittaker

In the era of personalized medicine, the use of reference materials is more important now than ever.

Outside the Lab Histology

New Guidelines on the Block

05/22/2015 | Roisin McGuigan

Preanalytical accuracy in surgical pathology targeted by new recommendations

Outside the Lab Regulation and standards

Members’ Musings

05/21/2015 | Stephen Church, Michael Cornes, Pinar Eker, Kjell Grankvist, Mercè Ibarz, Gunn Berit Berge Kristensen, Edmée van Dongen-Lases, Giuseppe Lippi, Luděk Šprongl

The views of the members of the EFLM Working Group for Preanalytical Phase

Inside the Lab Training and education

Avoiding Titanic Errors

05/21/2015 | Ana-Maria Šimundić

The preanalytical phase is subject to more error than any other part of the testing cycle – what can we do to improve it?

Inside the Lab Regulation and standards

Clamping Down on Mistaken Identity

04/27/2015 | Fedra Pavlou

Mislabeling and contamination of cell lines in labs are well-known issues, but often nothing is done about them; journal publishers are getting tough

Inside the Lab Training and education

Stepping Up for Specimen Standards

03/03/2015 | Carolyn Compton

Sitting Down With… Carolyn Compton, Adjunct Professor of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Professor of Pathology, University of Arizona and Professor of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, USA