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Clinical laboratories play an important role on clinical decision. Laboratory testing process includes preanalytical, analytical, and phases postanalytical phases. Approximately 60-70% of laboratory errors originate in the preanalytical phase. Venous blood sampling (phlebotomy) is the most common invasive procedure performed in healthcare. Phlebotomy is, in agreement with other healthcare practical skills, a complex procedure which demands theoretical knowledge and manual skills, as well as accuracy, responsibility, ability, good caring conduct and good interaction between the phlebotomist and patient. For high quality patient outcomes, it is important for the phlebotomist to stay a breast of the latest laboratory sampling procedures, since laboratory methods change and phlebotomy instructions with them. There are only a few official international recommendations or guidelines on phlebotomy, such as the GP41-A6 guideline issued by the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) in 2007, or the guidelines on drawing blood published by the World Health Organization in 2010. An observational study was performed in Antalya Education and Research Hospital and other 5 hospital by theTurkish Biochemical Society Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase to assess the level of compliance with the CLSI GP41-A6 guidelines. Our study shows that the overall level of compliance of phlebotomy procedures with CLSI GP41-A6 guideline in Antalya Education and Research Hospital is unacceptably low, especially regarding patient identification and tube labelling. These issues call for immediate attention and improvement.

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