Brain-to-brain turnaround loop.
It is ironic that having identified the preanalytic phase of testing as the source of most laboratory errors and having introduced effective interventions to significantly reduce these errors, laboratory testing is increasingly being shifted towards intervention-based approaches.
Abstract
To the Editor Lundberg’s brain-to-brain turnaround loop has proven its usefulness as a conceptual framework for clinical laboratory testing for 40 years. In their article, Plebani and coauthors1 identify 5 major challenges to the turnaround loop that threaten its future relevance. I share their concerns. It is ironic that having identified the preanalytic phase of testing as the source of most laboratory errors and having introduced effective interventions to significantly reduce these errors, laboratory testing is increasingly being shifted …