Open AccessQuality Measures in Pre-Analytical Phase of Tissue Processing: Understanding Its Value in Histopathology
Author(s) -
Shalinee Rao,
Suresh Masilamani,
Sandhya Sundaram,
D Prathiba,
Rajaraman Swaminathan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/14546.7087
Subject(s) - histopathology , quality assurance , quality (philosophy) , medical physics , computer science , medicine , pathology , external quality assessment , physics , quantum mechanics
Quality monitoring in histopathology unit is categorized into three phases, pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical, to cover various steps in the entire test cycle. Review of literature on quality evaluation studies pertaining to histopathology revealed that earlier reports were mainly focused on analytical aspects with limited studies on assessment of pre-analytical phase. Pre-analytical phase encompasses several processing steps and handling of specimen/sample by multiple individuals, thus allowing enough scope for errors. Due to its critical nature and limited studies in the past to assess quality in pre-analytical phase, it deserves more attention.