Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
In the run-up to the AACC/ASCLS conference in Los Angeles, you may have seen a notice about a free book giveaway. For the first 150 people to come to the SeraCare booth at the Laboratory Exposition, they would receive a free book of their choice (from among the three possible titles: Basic QC Practices, Basic Method Validation, and Six Sigma Risk Analysis).
The line to get books, Tuesday Morning of the AACC/ASCLS conference
We expected the event to last the entire day. Do you want to guess how long it actually took before all the books were gone?
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Dr. Westgard had the pleasure of taking part in the Bio-Rad industry workshop on July 17th, which was focused on Quality Control for the Future - Risk Management EP23 for Laboratories.
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
As we near the annual AACC/ASCLS convention, it's time for our annual contest to rear its ugly head again: The "Westgard Wear" Raffle:
Our yearly tradition is to offer visitors to our booth a chance to win a piece of "Westgard Wear":
See more details after the jump...
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
I just wanted to share some pictures of a trip taken back in late April.
The Asian Society of Continuing Medical Education was kind enough to invite me to present in a workshop titled "Assuring Quality, Standardization, and Efficiency in the Laboratory 2012" In Delhi and Mumbai.
Group picture, Mumbai
More pictures, after the jump.
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Recently, the journal In Vitro Diagnostics Global News a publication of CGI KK and in association with CAP Today, has begun publishing a series of translations of Westgard articles into Japanese:
The title of the series is Think QC Again, an important message regardless of language or country.
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
[This picture is actually from Curitiba, Brazil, the SBAC conference back in late June, at a lecture I gave there on Sigma-metrics. I don't have a picture of my lecture from Atlanta, but there is video.]
I gave a short booth presentation on Best Practices for Sigma-metrics at the Abbott Diagnostics booth during the AACC/ASCLS convention. This is now available online for those interested.
The link, after the jump.
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
It's that time of year again, where the usual and not-so-usual suspects of the laboratory world gather and discuss science - mixed in with a healthy dose of commerce. We have just returned (and are still recovering from) the annual AACC/ASCLS meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
James O. Westgard at the Westgard QC booth for the 2011 AACC/ASCLS exhibition
More pictures and details of the convention after the jump...
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Abbott Diagonstics Turning Science into Caring symposium in Belgium [full disclosure: I was compensated to speak at this event].
I was fortunate to partner with Dr. Jeremie Gras, who shared the same topic. He lectured first on Six Sigma concepts and experiences in Belgium, and I followed him with some additional data, observations, implications, and recommended best practices. It was a "one-two punch" for Sigma-metrics.
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