Statistical validation of reagent lot change in the clinical chemistry laboratory can confer insights on good clinical laboratory practice

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 688-694

  Cho, Min Chul ^a   Kim, So Young ^b   Jeong, Tae Dong ^c   Lee, Woochang ^c   Chun, Sail ^c   Min, Won Ki ^c  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

laboratory methods; Quality assurance and control

Indexed keywords

REAGENT; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 84908540067     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563214520749     Document Type: Article

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