Analytical performance specifications for external quality assessment - Definitions and descriptions

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 949-955

  Jones, Graham R D ^a,b,c   Albarede, Stephanie ^d   Kesseler, Dagmar ^e   MacKenzie, Finlay ^f   Mammen, Joy ^g   Pedersen, Morten ^h   Stavelin, Anne ⁱ   Thelen, Marc ^j,k   Thomas, Annette ^l   Twomey, Patrick J ^m,n   Ventura, Emma ^o   Panteghini, Mauro ^p  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c RCPAQAP Haematology   (Australia)

^d Centre Toulousain pour le Contrôle de Qualité en Biologie clinique CTCB   (France)

^e Quality Control Centre Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^h Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

ⁱ Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital   (Norway)

^j AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^k RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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

^m ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^o Sociedad Espanola de Bioquimica Clinica y Patologia Molecular   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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Author keywords

analytical performance specifications; external quality assurance; international harmonisation; proficiency testing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MEASUREMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85020518940     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2017-0151     Document Type: Article

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