Guest Essay
55,000 NHS patients in the UK were misdiagnosed with diabetes due to instrument bias. Is there anything labs can learn from this?
In an extended review of the new CLSI EP21 standard, Dr. Paulo Pereira discusses how this guideline reaffirms total analytical error as the primary principle for quantitative performance assessment.
Metrology is hard enough - but are we sure we're speaking the same language when we discuss it?
A new edition of EP46 has been published. Thie guideline focuses on Determining allowable total error goals and aligns with the CLSI EP21 guideline on calculating total error. Dr. Paulo Pereira, heavily involved in the creation of these documents, provides us a quick introduction.
Wayne Dimech revisits the quality challenges of SARS-Cov-2 testing. More than a year later, are we doing any better? Wayne Dimech is Executive Manager, Scientific and Business Relations at NRL, Australia (NRL) in Melbourne. He is a recognized expert in infectious disease serology and laboratory quality.