This list is by no means comprehensive, and in fact is mostly eclectic, but may provide a starting point for those investigating laboratory quality control on the web.
If you want to add a link to this page, please let us know.
AACC (American Association for
Clinical Chemistry) Online
Check out an online paper of Dr. Westgard's Strategies
for Cost-Effective Quality Control
Click here if you want
to see the graphics that accompany the paper
Check out our product listings in the AACC
Online Catalog
ASCLS - American Society for Clinical
Laboratory Science
ASCP - The American Society of
Clinical Pathologists
CAP - The College of American Pathologists
CLMA Clinical Laboratory Managment
Association
NCCLS- The National Committee
for Clinical Laboratory Standards
CLIA
and the Physician's Laboratory
This has an excellent explanation of the CLIA requirements and
regulations.
GraphPad Intuitive Software
for Science
Excellent site for statistical data analysis. Describes computer
program "GraphPad Prism" for statistical calculations
and graphing of scientific data. Site includes some free tools
for data analysis, short discussions of statistical topics, and
links to other resources for learning statistics.
GraphROC for Windows
A great website that describes a computer program developed by
Dr.s Veli Kairisto and Allan Poola for estimating clinical characteristics
of laboratory tests (Receiver Operating Characteristics, clinical
sensitivity and specificity, predictive value, efficiency, etc.)
Provides a complete program description with downloadable software
available for trial and purchase.
Pat Letendre's
Homepage
This professor at the University of Alberta has compiled a number
of very useful link lists. Of interest to us, the Medical/Laboratory
Education Sites and the Stats
page. She also runs the MEDLAB-L listserv, which has thousands
of lab professionals exchanging information and views. Wow!
Clinical
Laboratory Science Internet Resources from Southwest Texas State
University
Graduate Certificate
in Laboratory Quality Management With the help of Dr. Westgard,
the University of Wisconsin is creating a graduate program for
CLS using the Internet.
Labtest Diagnostica - The homepage of Dr. Juan Carlos Basques, the creator of our MEDx spreadsheet download.