Defining acceptable limits for the metrological traceability of specific measurands

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 973-979

  Bais, Renze ^a   Armbruster, Dave ^b   Jansen, Rob T P ^c   Klee, George ^d   Panteghini, Mauro ^e   Passarelli, Joseph ^f   Sikaris, Ken A ^g  

^a Rbaisconsultingcom   (Australia)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SKML   (Netherlands)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^g MELBOURNE PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

IFCC; Metrological traceability; Result equivalence; Standardization

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

BIOLOGY; BODY FLUID; CALIBRATION; CALIBRATOR; CERTIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; METROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84882241840     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0122     Document Type: Review

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