Is Sample Quality in the Eye of the Beholder?

Here’s a simple experiment to try in your lab: Find a hemolysed sample and separately ask five different medical laboratory scientists to judge the amount of hemolysis present. What you’ll probably find is that “grossly hemolyzed” is most definitely in the eye of the beholder.
Along with hemolysis, lipemia and icterus are determined by judgment calls made by laboratory scientists. Considering that these three interferences make up the bulk of interferences found in patient samples, “eye of the beholder” may not be good enough. Luckily, with most modern chemistry analyzers, it does not have to be.

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Is Sample Quality in the Eye of the Beholder?

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