Status of serum-calcium and -albumin measurement in Argentina assessed in 300 representative laboratories with 20 fresh frozen single donation sera

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1829-1836

  Stepman, Hedwig C M ^a   Stöckl, Dietmar ^a   Acheme, Rosana ^b   Sesini, Sandra ^b   Mazziotta, Daniel ^b   Thienpont, Linda M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Fundacion Bioquimica Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

External quality assessment; Harmonization; Laboratory performance; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

ARGENTINA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CALCIUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 80755169585     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.681     Document Type: Article

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