Preanalytics in blood gas testing - Importance of sample mixing
March 22, 2018
This webinar is presented by Professor Ana-Maria Simundic from the department of Medical biochemistry at Zagreb University. Her research activities focus on quality management and the preanalytical phase.
This webinar will review all steps in the preanalytical phase of blood gas testing focusing on possible sources or errors and error prevention opportunities.
A specific emphasis will be placed on the mixing of a blood gas sample in order to obtain a homogeneous blood sample and to avoid bias on hemoglobin results.
About this webinar
62% of all errors in relation to blood gas testing occur in the preanalytical phase.
A preanalytical error can jeopardize the final test result which ultimately could lead to incorrect patient treatment.
This webinar will review all steps in the preanalytical phase of blood gas testing focusing on all possible sources or errors and error prevention opportunities. A specific emphasis is centered around the area of “mixing a blood gas sample” in order to obtain a homogeneous blood sample.
About the speaker
Prof. Ana-Maria Simundic received her graduate and postgraduate education at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Biochemistry at the Zagreb University where she currently holds a professor position at the department of Medical Biochemistry.
Prof. Simundic is also the Head of the Clinical unit for Medical Biochemistry and Analytical Toxicology of the University department of Chemistry at Sestre milosrdnice University hospital center.
Prof. Simundic is the President of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine and serves as Executive Board Secretary of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM). In line with her research activities, Prof. Simundic chairs the EFLM working group for Preanalytical phase (WG-PRE).
She was awarded with the Best Young Scientist award in 2000 and Best Research award in 2011 by the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, with the Per Hyltoft Petersen Award (2012) by the Slovak Society of Laboratory Medicine and with the Honorary membership of the Hungarian society for Laboratory medicine in 2012.
Prof. Simundic has authored or co-authored numerous peer reviewed manuscripts and serves as the Editor-in-chief of the journal Biochemia Medica, published by the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine. Her research activities focus on quality management and the preanalytical phase.
Who should attend?
- ED
- ICU
- NICU
- LAB
- POCC
This webinar will:
- Describe the reasons why careful attention to the preanalytical phase helps to avoid risk to patients
- Review the reasons why sufficient sample mixing is important to avoid bias on hemoglobin results
- Identify the steps for healthcare providers to help avoid preanalytical errors
Radiometer is using Microsoft AZURE Active Directory to authenticate users
Radiometer uses Azure AD to provide our customers and partners secure access to documents, resources, and other services on our customer portal.
If your organization is already using Azure AD you can use the same credentials to access Radiometer's customer portal.
Key benefits
- Allow the use of existing Active Directory credentials
- Single-sign on experience
- Use same credentials to access future services
Request access
You will receive an invitation to access our services via e-mail when your request has been approved.
When you accept the invitation, and your organization is already using AZURE AD, you can use the same credentials to access Radiometer's customer portal. Otherwise, a one-time password will be sent via e-mail to sign in.
Effective Date January 20th, 2023 (last updated January 20th, 2023)
ABOUT THIS POLICY
Radiometer values your privacy and the protection of your personal data. This policy (“Policy”) explains how Radiometer its affiliates, subsidiaries or related companies, a full list of which can be located here (together, “Radiometer”, “our”, “us”, or “we”), collects, uses, shares, transfers and processes data collected from or about you.
“Personal Data” is any information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify an individual or that can be reasonably expected to link to an individual. This can include items such as name, address, telephone number, credit card details, email address, ID number, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address of an electronic device used by an individual, or other identifying code (even absent of other identifying information). Statistical and non-identifiable metric data are not considered Personal Data.
The Radiometer subsidiary, affiliate or related company with which you interact is, where applicable, the data controller (or equivalent under applicable law) responsible for the processing of your Personal Data. You can find a list of the relevant legal entities that act as data controllers in Appendix 1 to this Policy.
SCOPE
This Policy describes the types of Personal Data that we may collect, process or disclose about you and how you may govern this processing by exercising applicable legal rights. This Policy applies to both online and offline information collection, including your use of websites or subdomains operated by us, any mobile applications, when we provide products and/or services to you or notify you about prospective items of interest and in other situations where you interact with us in-person, by telephone or by mail where this Policy is posted or referenced.
There may be occasion where you have been provided with a circumstance-specific privacy notice that is separate from this policy, such as privacy notices for specific activities such as Recruitment. To the extent you were provided with a different notice, those notices apply and govern our interactions with you. If you provide Personal Data about parties other than yourself, you are responsible for ensuring their knowledge of how we will process their personal data, and, where applicable, obtaining any necessary consents required in advance.
We are committed to processing Personal Data in accordance with applicable laws. Please note that if you do not wish to provide your Personal Data to us, some products and/or services may become unavailable to you. Your use of any or all these platforms indicates you have been notified of our collection, use, transfer, and disclosure of your information as described in this Policy to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Read more