Sigma metrics used to assess analytical quality of clinical chemistry assays: Importance of the allowable total error (TEa) target

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 973-980

  Hens, Koen ^b   Berth, Mario ^b   Armbruster, Dave ^a   Westgard, Sten ^c  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Algemeen Medisch Laboratorium   (Belgium)

^c Westgard QC   (United States)

Author keywords

Allowable total error (TEa); Quality; Sigma metrics

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; BROMOCRESOL GREEN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IRON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRANSFERRIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALLOWABLE TOTAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BELGIUM; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SERUM; SIGMA METRICS; URINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84903727165     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-1090     Document Type: Article

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