Electronic "quality control" (EQC): Is it just for unit use devices?

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 95-99

  Ehrmeyer, Sharon S ^a   Laessig, Ronald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA'88); Decentralized testing; Electronic quality control; Quality control; Single use devices; Surrogate controls

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DOCUMENTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0035034234     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00438-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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