Assessing quality on the Sigma scale from proficiency testing and external quality assessment surveys

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1531-1535

  Westgard, James O ^a,b   Westgard, Sten A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Westgard QC Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

external quality assessment; proficiency testing; Sigma quality

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT SURVEY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGMA PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT CHART; STANDARDIZATION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84941197807     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-1241     Document Type: Article

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