A new concept to derive permissible limits for analytical imprecision and bias considering diagnostic requirements and technical state-of-the-art

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-635

  Haeckel, Rainer ^a   Wosniok, Werner ^b  

^a KLINIKUM BREMEN MITTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

permissible limits of bias; permissible limits of imprecision; quality assurance; reference limits

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THYROTROPIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79954479647     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.116     Document Type: Article

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