Internal Quality Control in the Hemostasis Laboratory

Quality in Laboratory Hemostasis and Thrombosis

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 43-50

  Kitchen, S ^a,b,c   Preston, F E ^c,d   Olson, J D ^e  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Rutledge Mews   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD FEDERATION OF HEMOPHILIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptable limits for IQC; Internal quality control (IQC) in hemostasis laboratory; IQC complying with accreditation and regulatory bodies; IQC testing frequency; Out of limits IQC result and immediate investigation; Storage and processing of IQC results; Troubleshooting internal quality control (IQC) problems; UK accreditation process undertaken by Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885832623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303575.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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