Implications for clinical performance measurement of interlaboratory variability in methods for glycosylated hemoglobin testing

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 62-64

  McKenzie, P Todd ^a   Sugarman, Jonathan R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PRO West   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glycated hemoglobin; Laboratory methods; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIABETES MELLITUS; GUIDELINES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034153909     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060001500204     Document Type: Article

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