Performance characteristics of several rules for self-interpretation of proficiency testing data

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 997-1003

  Carey, R Neill ^a   Cembrowski, George S ^b   Garber, Carl C ^c   Zaki, Zohreh ^a,d  

^a Peninsula Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Doctors' Pathology Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; PROFICIENCY TESTING; QUALITY CONTROL; SELF EVALUATION;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; LABORATORIES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23044470707     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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