DMT106-24 - CME/CMLE - Accurate Results in Clinical Laboratories: Addressing Pre-analytical, Analytical, and Post Analytical Errors

Course Description

Accurate laboratory results are essential for patient management and patient safety. In this education session various sources of errors in clinical laboratory tests will be discussed with approaches to correct and prevent errors when possible. Steps such as proper patient identification, using proper specimen collection techniques, transportation and storage should be taken to eliminate pre-analytical errors. Analytical errors can be more difficult to identify as the lab often only becomes aware when clinicians indicate that lab results do not match the clinical picture. In these cases, specimen and assay troubleshooting must be performed. Post analytical errors still occur in scenarios involving result transcription or manual result entry. Oftentimes, technologists are not trained in troubleshooting techniques and years of experience may be required to develop expertise. In this education session, two clinical chemists with a combined 50 years of clinical experience will present issues encountered in each phase of laboratory testing.

Faculty/Authors

Patrick Kyle, PhD
Amitava Dasgupta, PhD

Physician Competencies: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Professionalism, Interpersonal Skills Communication

CME/CMLE Credit: 1.0
Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity

Accreditation Statement: The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

Credit Designation Statement: The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Instructions

To claim CME/CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

Review the Technical Considerations.
Review the Faculty Disclosures.
Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
Click Access to begin the course.
Submit the course Evaluation.
Enter the maximum number of credits offered and click Claim CME to register credit.

Faculty Disclosure

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 09/06/2024
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 03/06/2025

Summary


Availability:	On-Demand


Credit Offered:	1 CME/CMLE Credit