The Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM) - its history and operation

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 453, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-94

  Jones, Graham R D ^a,b   Jackson, Craig ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metrology traceability; Reference materials; Reference measurement services; Reference methods

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; DOCUMENTATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOCUMENTATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84953923739     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2015.11.016     Document Type: Review

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