Fluid Testing Methods Recommended by IDDSI

Recommended Practices for Spreadsheet Testing

This paper presents the author’s recommended practices for spreadsheet testing. Documented spreadsheet error rates are unacceptable in corporations today. Although improvements are needed throughout the systems development life cycle, credible improvement programs must include comprehensive testing. Several forms of testing are possible, but logic inspection is recommended for module testing. L...

Use of recommended laboratory testing methods among patients with tuberculosis in California.

This study assessed the extent to which laboratory methods recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used in tuberculosis testing of patients in California in 1998. While recommended methods were used for most patients, there was room for improvement by hospital and independent non-health maintenance organization laboratories.

An Appraisal of Methods Recently Recommended for Testing Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure

A ccording to a recent Scientific Statement of the American Heart Association (AHA), salt sensitivity of blood pressure (BP) is a trait in which BP “changes parallel to changes in salt intake.” It is said that salt sensitivity is “a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, independent of and as powerful as BP.” Although the criteria for identifying salt sensitivity are not standa...

Evaluating Testing Methods by Delivered Reliability

There are two main goals in testing software: 1) to achieve adequate quality (debug testing); the objective is to probe the software for defects so that these can be removed and 2) to assess existing quality (operational testing); the objective is to gain confidence that the software is reliable. The names are arbitrary, and most testing techniques address both goals to some degree. However, de...

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