Analytical performance specifications based on how clinicians use laboratory tests. Experiences from a post-analytical external quality assessment programme

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 857-862

  Thue, Geir ^a   Sandberg, Sverre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

analytical performance specifications; case histories; EQA; erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR); estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); glucose; haemoglobin; HbA1c; International Normalised Ratio (INR); outcome; post analytical; quality; quality specifications; tests; u albumin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; WARFARIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; NORWAY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDS; URINE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; NORWAY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84929093947     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-1280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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