Kuenyoul Park

Fasting Duration and Differences Across Routine Laboratory Tests

Importance Fasting before blood collection is widely practiced to reduce preanalytical variability, yet whether fasting-related differences are clinically meaningful across a broad panel of routine analytes has not been systematically evaluated using clinical data. Objective To e...

Laboratory Stewardship: Improving Quality of Care by Linking Clinical Outcomes to Appropriate Test Utilization in Clinical Chemistry Laboratories

Stewardship of laboratory services aims to ensure appropriate test utilization and improve patient outcomes. However, clinical chemistry initiatives have largely focused on reducing test volumes and costs rather than linking interventions to clinical outcomes. This review examine...