Quality Control
These are links to quality related sites you may find useful:
Do you need a better understanding of clinical quality control? Are you interested in attaining the highest possible quality for results reported by your lab? The Practical Quality Control Guide provides a basic understanding of statistical issues related to laboratory quality control.
Are you bringing new assays on line? Do you have a need for validation software or a service to provide data reduction studies based on your data? Hematronix, Inc., can offer this service through Compliance Confirm software. To obtain more information, visit the Hematronix, Inc. home page.
Dr. Westgard's website - Westgard Multi-Rule Procedure (Westgard 1981) was designed to improve the power of quality control methods using + 3 Standard Deviation limits to detect trends and shifts. Multi-Rule Quality Control procedure uses a combination of decision criteria, or control rules, to decide whether an analytical run is in control or out of control. Proper use can substantially reduce the incidence of false rejection when compared to strict + 2 Standard Deviation limits such as Levey-Jennings Charts.
Helpful Links:
- AABB (The American Association of Blood Banks)
- ASCP (The American Society of Clinical Pathologists)
- AACC (The American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- ASM (The American Society for Microbiology)
- CLMA (Clinical Laboratory Management Association)
- Information Mapping Inc.
- Med TechNet
- NCCLS (National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards)
