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                                                                <journal-id>tjcl</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2149-8296</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>DNT Ortadoğu Yayıncılık A.Ş.</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18663/tjcl.1861981</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Clinical Chemistry</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Klinik Kimya</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>SAS/TÜSKA Akreditasyonunda Post-Analitik Kalite Göstergeleri: IFCC WG-LEPS Çerçevesine Göre 12 Aylık Performans Değerlendirmesi</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Post-Analytical Quality Indicators in SAS/TUSKA Accreditation: A 12-Month Performance Evaluation Using the IFCC WG-LEPS Framework</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8835-9338</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Özkan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Elife</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>TİRE DEVLET HASTANESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260328">
                    <day>03</day>
                    <month>28</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
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                                                    <issue>1</issue>
                                                
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20260114">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>14</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260222">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>22</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2010, Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2010</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Amaç: Post-analitik fazda meydana gelen hatalar, toplam laboratuvar hatalarının önemli bir bölümünü oluşturmakta ve hasta güvenliğini doğrudan etkileyebilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, standart post-analitik kalite göstergeleri kullanılarak laboratuvar performansının değerlendirilmesidir.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışmada, IFCC Laboratuvar Hataları ve Hasta Güvenliği Çalışma Grubu ile ISO 15189:2022 standardı tarafından önerilen post-analitik kalite göstergeleri kullanılmıştır. Veriler, 12 aylık bir süre boyunca laboratuvar bilgi yönetim sisteminden otomatik olarak elde edilmiştir. Değerlendirilen göstergeler; kritik değerlerin zamanında bildirilme oranı, post-analitik sonuçlanma süresi uyumu, sonuç düzeltme oranı, klinisyenlere ulaşmayan raporların oranı ve otovalidasyon kapsamıdır.Bulgular: Kritik değerlerin zamanında bildirilme oranı ve sonuçlanma süresi uyumunun uluslararası hedef eşiklerin (≥%95) üzerinde olduğu saptanmıştır. Sonuç düzeltme oranı düşük bulunmuş (</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Aim: Errors occurring in the post-analytical phase of laboratory testing account for a substantial proportion of total laboratory errors and may directly affect patient safety. This study aimed to evaluate laboratory performance using standardized post-analytical quality indicators.Materials and Methods: Post-analytical quality indicators recommended by the IFCC Working Group on Laboratory Errors and Patient Safety (WG-LEPS) and aligned with ISO 15189:2022 were applied. Data were automatically extracted from the laboratory information management system over a 12-month period. Evaluated indicators included timely communication of critical values, post-analytical turnaround time compliance, report correction rate, proportion of reports not reaching clinicians, and auto-validation coverage.Results: Timely communication of critical values and turnaround time compliance rates exceeded international target thresholds (≥95%). The report correction rate remained low (</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>laboratuvar performansı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  kalite göstergeleri</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  post-analitik faz</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  hasta güvenliği</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  laboratuvar tıbbı</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>laboratory performance</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  quality indicators</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  post-analytical phase</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  patient safety</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  laboratory medicine</kwd>
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                                                    <funding-source>
                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">Çalışmayı maddi olarak destekleyen kişi/kuruluş yoktur.</named-content>
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                                                                            <award-id>E-56480858-448.04-30145636</award-id>
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