MISIDENTIFICATION AND OTHER PREANALYTICAL ERRORS POGRE(NA IDENTIFIKACIJA I OSTALE PREANALITI^KE GRE(KE

Summary: The largest number of laboratory errors occur in the preanalytical phase and are mainly due to educational and organizational reasons. The experience of our institution, as well as the results of an Italian interlaboratory effort to detect and reduce errors/risk of errors in laboratory medicine will be illustrated.