title: [Influence factors in the physician's laboratory].
abstract: Preanalytical influence factors are of paramount significance for the quality of a laboratory result. As a rule, their importance is greater than the inadequacies of the analytical process. Examples from the physician's laboratory concerning adult patients and primary samples are discussed. Weak points can be a lack of professionalism in the personnel involved as well as the need to send out and transport samples. The strong point of the office laboratory is its orientation towards a specific patient.
authors.affiliation: Zentrallaboratorium, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hagemann
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000465:Algorithms; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011786:Quality Control; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Einflussgrössen im Arztlabor.