The role of proficiency testing in achieving standardization and harmonization between laboratories

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 232-235

  Miller, W Greg ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonization; Proficiency testing; Standardization

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIABETIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STANDARDIZATION; URINALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; LABORATORY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 60949108441     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Using Proficiency Testing to Improve the Clinical Laboratory; Approved Guideline-Second Edition. CLSI document GP27-A2 (ISBN 1-56238-632-8). Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, 940 West Valley Road, Suite 1400, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-1898 USA, 2007.
2. Miller W.G. Specimen materials, target values and commutability for external quality assessment (proficiency testing) schemes. Clin. Chim. Acta 327 (2003) 25-37
3. Miller W.G., Myers G.L., and Rej R. Why commutability matters. Clin. Chem. 52 (2006) 553-554 (editorial)
4. Vesper H.W., Miller W.G., and Myers G.L. Reference materials and commutability. Clin. Biochem. Rev. 28 (2007) 139-147
5. Miller W.G., Myers G.L., Ashwood E.R., Killeen A.A., Wang E., Thienpont L.M., and Siekmann L. Creatinine measurement: state of the art in accuracy and inter-laboratory harmonization. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 129 (2005) 297-304
6. Schreiber W.E., Endres D.B., McDowell G.A., Palomaki G.E., Elin R.J., Klee G.G., and Wang E. Comparison of fresh frozen serum to proficiency testing material in College of American Pathologists surveys: α-fetoprotein, carcinoembryonic antigen, human chorionic gonadotropin, and prostate-specific antigen. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 129 (2005) 331-337
7. Bock J.L., Endres D.B., Elin R.J., Wang E., Rosenzweig B., and Klee G.G. Comparison of fresh frozen serum to traditional proficiency testing material in a College of American Pathologists survey for ferritin, folate, and vitamin B12. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 129 (2005) 323-327
8. Miller WG, Myers GL, Ashwood ER, Killeen AK, Wang E, Ehlers GW, Hassemer D, Lo SF, Seccombe D, Siekmann L, Thienpont LM, Toth A. State of the Art in Trueness and Inter-Laboratory Harmonization for 10 Analytes in General Clinical Chemistry. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2008; in press.