Statistical Quality Control Procedures

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-124

  Westgard, James O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Westgard QC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical run length; CLSI C24A3; Control rules; Sigma metrics; SQC; Statistical quality control

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CALCULATION; DOCUMENTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DESIGN; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAMPLING ERROR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872436546     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: 15579832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2012.10.004     Document Type: Review

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