Objectives:
Learn
about the different ways of defining quality requirements.
Identify
three different formats for specifying quality requirements.
Identify
three sources of recommendations for quality requirements.
Web materials:
Lesson: The Need for Standard Processes
and Standards of Quality
Essay:
European Approaches to Analytical Goal-Setting
Table
of analytical quality requirements
Table
of clinical quality requirements
Table
of European biological goals and calculated total allowable errors
Things to do:
Study
the materials.
Print
copies of the quality requirements for your own use.
Review
your laboratory's quality requirements.
What
type of quality requirement is used for PT criteria of acceptability?
What
is a clinical decision interval?
What
is the principle used in setting European quality goals?
For cholesterol,
what are the analytical, clinical, and biologic quality requirements?
What
is your laboratory's quality requirement for cholesterol?
Does
your laboratory define quality requirements for each test?
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