title: 2nd Sino-European Congress of Laboratory Medicine--strategies for laboratory diagnostics in medicine.
abstract: During the 2nd Sino-European Congress in Shanghai in April 2001 the aim of the presentation was an overview on strategies and systems of laboratory diagnostic work. The main focus was to define the prerequisites and the different approaches in the diagnostic work in patients' treatment. In this paper, besides the area of emergency medicine with definition of vital functions and the routine work in deciding between healthy and ill individuals and in the control of therapy, the different aspects in the field of research and teaching are specified. Some aspects of workflow definition and optimization are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische Chemie, Klinikum der Universität, Ulm, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Grünert
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D011786:Quality Control; D012015:Reference Standards