Analytical performance of 17 general chemistry analytes across countries and across manufacturers in the INPUtS project of EQA organizers in Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom and Spain

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 203-211

  Weykamp, Cas ^a   Secchiero, Sandra ^b   Plebani, Mario ^b   Thelen, Marc ^c,k   Cobbaert, Christa ^d   Thomas, Annette ^e   Jassam, Nuthar ^f   Barth, Julian H ^g   Perich, Carmen ^h   Ricós, Carmen ⁱ   Faria, Ana Paula ^j  

^a Queen Beatrix Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Dutch Foundation for Quality Assessment in Clinical Laboratories   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^f HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

ⁱ Analytical Quality Commission ^*  (Spain)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^k AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

commutability; external quality assessment; general chemistry; reference measurement procedures; total terror

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; URIC ACID; ENZYME;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ITALY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; METABOLISM;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALCIUM; CHLORIDES; CHOLESTEROL; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; URIC ACID;

EID: 85007550407     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0220     Document Type: Article

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