ABSTRACT
Laboratory diagnostics is an essential part of the clinical decision making because it substantially contributes to the clinical decision making by providing valuable information for the screening, diagnosis, therapeutic monitoring, and follow-up of most-if not all-human disorders. Several changes have occurred in the organization of laboratory diagnostics over the past decades, mainly driven by the widespread introduction of point-of-care testing, centralization of activities in large core laboratories, as well as the increase in number and complexity of diagnostic testing worldwide. As such, laboratory diagnostics, and likewise other medical disciplines, are not as safe as they should be.
