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Indicators and specifications of the quality in the Clinical Laboratory

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1. Health services research and patient safety
   • Clinical laboratory reference values.
   • Biological variability.
   • Management of critical laboratory test results.
   • Impact of pharmacogenetic factors on therapeutics.
   • Development and use of new tools for data analysis.
      
2. Indicators and specifications of clinical laboratory quality
   • Design and analysis of the best indicators of clinical laboratory processes and results.
   • Proposal of opportunities for improvement.
      
3. Analysis of the causes of error in clinical laboratories and preventive measures
   • Impact of training activities for sample collection and extraction professionals on patient safety.
      
4. Adequacy of analytical demand
   • Strategies in analytical demand management.
   • Study of the impact of Covid-19 and other situations on analytical demand.
      
5. Cross-sectional clinical research
   • Influence of SARS-COV-2 infection in atherosclerosis development. "The Health Bus with the Vascular and Renal Transactional Research Group (VRTR).
   • The group collaborates with other research groups at IRBLleida and other centres.