The good practices of the medical biology analysis bulletin writing

The unreasoned behaviour of some practitioners in the medical biology analysis prescription, is the cause of the worse observed relation between cost and efficacy and health expenses inflation matched to the paraclinical exams However, medical biology analyses are the means of complementary investigations at the disposal of medical professional, essential to the diagnosis confirmation and to the patient's therapeutically follow, which must be wisely directed. Today with the great panoply of the investigation means due to the diagnosis and therapeutic improvements, it becomes necessary to recall the writing rules of medical biology analysis prescription in the perspective of a best take into change of the patients in laboratories. The purpose of this article is to gather the knowledges and informations available on the goods practices of the medical biology analysis bulletin writing so that to bring an accurate help to the practitioners diagnosis decision. © 2004 Publié par Elsevier SAS.