A Review of Predictive Value of Laboratory Tests
Expanding on a previous lesson on Clinical Agreement, Dr. Westgard discusses the Predictive Value of a Laboratory Test
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Sprinting into a Marathon: Striving for Quality in the Covid19 Crisis
A few months into the Covid19 crisis, we need to stop treating it as a short-term crisis and start preparing it like it's a long-term emergency.
Untruth and Consequences
It's October 2020. Time to take a hard look at truth, untruth, and the consequences of pretending there's no difference.
Is this the End of QC as we know it? And end of EQA and PT, too?
It's 2021, the new year, so of course it's time for someone to suggest a new way to do QC. This time it's the metrologists, and their proposal has a few merits and many more downsides.
Multimode Sigma metric analysis of an Abbott Alinity
Continuing in our series of Sigma analysis of the leading diagnostic platforms, we turn our attention to the Abbott Alinity, and assess what goals can be achieved by this chemistry instrument.
What if the Frequency of Changing QC is Zero?
We know how to change QC frequency in a data-driven, evidence-based, patient-risk focused way. But we don't seem to be doing it at all.
Multimode Sigma metric analysis of a cobas 8000
Taking some recent cobas 8000 data, we assess what goals can be achieved by one of the leading chemistry platforms.
