How to define a significant deviation from the expected internal quality control result

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 913-918

  Ceriotti, Ferruccio ^a   Brugnoni, Duilio ^b   Mattioli, Sonia ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica   (Italy)

Author keywords

internal quality control; quality specifications; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE;

CALCULATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCUMENTATION; INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; UNCERTAINTY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CREATININE; DOCUMENTATION; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84929075479     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-1149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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