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Lesson 2: What quality is needed for a laboratory test?
In Quality Goals, Requirements, and Specifications,
Dr. Westgard discusses different terms and characteristics that are used
to describe quality and provides a systems perspective to show the relationship
between these different characteristics. Per Hytloft Petersen provides
a review of approaches to setting analytical quality specifications in
his discussion of European Approaches to Analytical Goal-Setting.
Summary tables are provided for available CLIA analytical total error
criteria, clinical decision interval criteria, and
European biological goals. |