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The Key Incident Monitoring and Management (KIMMS) program of the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia Quality Assurance Programs (RCPAQAP) conducted a survey to gather information on the maintenance of these systems.\nMaterials and methods: The categories of questions included general information, service, maintenance and validation of systems, and incident reporting. The responses were compiled and reviewed using Microsoft Forms.\nResults: The survey found a lack of awareness of servicing and validation records, as well as of the PTS\u2019s functionality. Most sites reported incidents with their pneumatic tube systems (37\/45, 80%), mainly system failures rather than samples being lost, delayed, or damaged.\nConclusions: Greater oversight of laboratories is needed, and relationships with system vendors must be strengthened to ensure quality service.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.11613\/bm.2026.030801","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,14]],"date-time":"2026-08-14T07:11:20Z","timestamp":1786691480000},"page":"543-547","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["What do laboratories know about the pneumatic tube delivery systems they depend on?"],"prefix":"10.11613","volume":"36","author":[{"given":"Anushka","family":"Jayanetti","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tony","family":"Badrick","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"4885","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"key20260814071113_r1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1245","DOI":"10.1515\/CCLM.2011.216","article-title":"Pneumatic tube delivery systems for patient samples: evidence of quality and quality of evidence.","volume":"49","author":"Plebani","year":"2011","journal-title":"Clin Chem Lab Med"},{"key":"key20260814071113_r2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"139","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jen.2005.11.013","article-title":"Pneumatic tube delivery system for blood samples reduces turnaround times without affecting sample quality.","volume":"32","author":"Fernandes","year":"2006","journal-title":"J Emerg Nurs"},{"key":"key20260814071113_r3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ausmolo AJT, Pua JFD, Abiog MDH, Alberto BC, Bilo ELM, De Leon CIL, et al. 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