Quality assurance issues regarding chemical urinalysis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 462-463

  Ball, Cindy L ^b   Church, Dierdre L ^a,b   Lyon, Martha E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical urinalysis; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PROTEIN;

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REFLECTOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE PH;

AUTOANALYSIS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINE;

EID: 2342597172     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.080     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Lyon ME, Ball C, Lyon AW, Walpole E, Church DL. Evaluation of an interaction between urine specific gravity and leukocyte esterase results using the Bayer Multistix® and the Clinitek 500®. Clin Biochem 2003;36:579-81.