A category 1 EQA scheme for comparison of laboratory performance and method performance: An international pilot study in the framework of the Calibration 2000 project

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 432, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-98

  Jansen, Rob ^a   Jassam, Nuthar ^b   Thomas, Annette ^c   Perich, Carmen ^d   Fernandez Calle, Pilar ^d   Faria, Ana Paula ^e   Correia, Helena ^e   Barth, Julian H ^f   Weykamp, Cas ^a   Cobbaert, Christa ^g   Thelen, Marc ^h   Ricós, Carmen ^d  

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

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

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

^d Spanish Society of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Pathology ^*  (Spain)

^e Instituto Nacional de Saude   (Portugal)

^f LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological variation; Commutability; External quality assessment; Harmonization; Reference method; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM; URATE; URIC ACID;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CATEGORY 1 EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT SCHEME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARMONIZATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LABORATORY TEST; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL VALUE; PILOT STUDY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL ERROR; TOTAL ERROR ACCEPTABLE; UNITED KINGDOM; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EUROPE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901631794     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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