Proficiency testing performance: A case study with modeling

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 447-453

  Waugh, Jennifer M ^a   Collier, Christine P ^a   Day, Andrew G ^a   Waugh, Mary ^a   Raymond, Michael J ^a,b  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Flagging criteria; Imprecision; Proficiency testing; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036753640     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(02)00337-5     Document Type: Article

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