Collective opinion paper on findings of the 2011 convocation of experts on laboratory quality

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1547-1558

  Adams, Ortwin ^a   Cooper, Greg ^b   Fraser, Callum ^c   Hubmann, Michael ^d   Jones, Graham ^e   Plebani, Mario ^f   Sonntag, Oswald ^g   Vaubourdolle, Michel ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b W Gregory Cooper LLC   (United States)

^c Scottish Bowel Screening Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d MZ Labor   (Austria)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g BIO RAD Laboratories GmbH   (Germany)

^h HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Accreditation; ISO 15189; Proficiency testing; Quality control; Quality specifications; Traceability; Uncertainty; Uncertainty of measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; EXPERIENCE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84867797923     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0003     Document Type: Review

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