Collective opinion paper on findings of the 2009 convocation of experts on quality control

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-52

  Burnett, David ^a   Ceriotti, Ferruccio ^b   Cooper, Greg ^c   Parvin, Curtis ^c   Plebani, Mario ^d   Westgard, James ^e  

^a Lindens Lodge   (United Kingdom)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c BIO RAD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Westgard QC   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Allowable total error; Measurement uncertainty; Patient outcomes; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LABORATORY; MEDICAL EXPERT; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 74549211276     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.001     Document Type: Note

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