[Sampling of specimens for laboratory examinations].

By the construction of hospital total system, marked developments, such as efficiency and labor-saving of work, have introduced to clinical practice and medical managements. Almost the same developments were also acquired by virtue of computerization in laboratory analysis. In our hospital, the Laboratory Information System (LIS) was connected in on-line mode with the Shared Hospital Information System (SHIS) and the Medical Data Administration System (MDAS). These systems resulted in the possession of the efficiency for laboratory process and in the diminution of various kinds of errors. However, the delay in the systematization was found on the problem in the preanalytical phase, especially on the collection of specimens. It is mainly because of multiformity of the circumstances reflected in every patient and in every ward, for example, variousness of clinicians' order for laboratory tests, many procedures and intricately scheduled timetable of the collection of blood. In order to obtain the more rapid and accurate test results, the construction of computerized system is also necessary for the collection and the transformation of blood. In this paper, problems concerning with the collection (sampling) of specimens were summarized.