Developed by our members for use by the global laboratory community, CLSI’s consensus-based medical laboratory standards are the most widely recognized resources for continually improving testing quality, safety, and efficiency.
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This standard provides procedures for collection of capillary blood specimens. Specifications for collection sites, puncture depth, and disposable devices used to collect, process, and transfer capillary blood specimens are also included.
This guideline provides recommendations to users and manufacturers of point-of-care coagulation testing devices for monitoring heparin and vitamin K antagonist therapy and for the evaluation of hemostasis, as well as to ensure reliable results comparable with those obtained by routine medical laboratory testing.
This guideline provides recommendations on proper and safe biological specimen collection and nucleic acid isolation and purification. Topics include collection methods, recommended transport and storage conditions, and available nucleic acid isolation and purification technologies for each specimen and nucleic acid type.
This guideline provides recommended criteria and easily implemented processes to qualify, select, and evaluate a referral laboratory.
This guideline helps laboratories understand, apply, track, and manage the different types of quality costs that affect their processes, services, and financial well-being.
