Can current analytical quality performance of UK clinical laboratories support evidence-based guidelines for diabetes and ischaemic heart disease? - A pilot study and a proposal

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1579-1584

  Jassam, Nuthar ^a   Yundt Pacheco, John ^b   Jansen, Rob ^c   Thomas, Annette ^d   Barth, Julian H ^e  

^a HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BIO RAD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Dutch Foundation for Quality Assessment in Clinical Laboratories   (Netherlands)

^d CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^e LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

metric; analytical performance; internal quality control

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIABETES MELLITUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84882992273     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0840     Document Type: Article

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