title: [Current aspects of quality assurance].
abstract: The regulations for quality management in the rheumatology laboratory are demanding and on a qualitatively high level. They are the result of continuously more detailed quality requirements and their implementation. Not only the process of correctly measuring analytes but also aspects of preanalytics, postanalytics and interpretation of the results as well as validation of new test methods are becoming increasingly more important for the diagnostic process.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin und Transfusionsmedizin, Klinikum Bremerhaven Reinkenheide, Postbrookstr. 103, 27574, Bremerhaven, Deutschland. klaus.hartung@klinikum-bremerhaven.de.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hartung
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007159:Immunologic Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
keywords: Diagnostics; Laboratory; Postanalytics; Preanalytics; Rheumatology