Nutrition Diet: How will you prepare a patient for specimen collection?
                                
                                
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                                An estimated 61.9% of laboratory errors occur in the pre-analytical phase, with improper patient preparation being a significant factor. Understanding how will you prepare a patient for specimen collection is critical, especially regarding nutrition and diet, to avoid skewed lab results and ensure an accurate diagnosis.