Proficiency Testing/External Quality Assessment: Current Challenges and Future Directions
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Proficiency testing/external quality assessment: current challenges and future directions.
BACKGROUND Proficiency testing (PT), or external quality assessment (EQA), is intended to verify on a recurring basis that laboratory results conform to expectations for the quality required for patient care. CONTENT Key factors for interpreting PT/EQA results are knowledge of the commutability of the samples used and the process used for target value assignment. A commutable PT/EQA sample de...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.168641