Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Allowable Limits of Performance

Glycohaemoglobin - a crucial measurement in modern diabetes management. Progress towards standardisation and improved precision of measurement Consensus statement from the Australian Diabetes Society, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists

Humanising medical practice: the role of empathy.

1 Royal College of Surgeons of England. Hunterian Museum Project. http:// www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/project (accessed Aug 2007). 2 Waugh D. The decline and fall of our medical museums. CMAJ 1990; 142: 236. 3 Australian Credit Transfer Agency. Evaluation of the relative performance of commencing undergraduate students in Australian universities. Adelaide: ACTA, 1996. http://www.universitiesaustra...

Evolution of a national urine quality assurance programme: the Australasian experience, 1981-1983.

A national interlaboratory quality assurance programme for quantitative urine analysis has been conducted over the past three years in Australasia under the auspices of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and the Australian Association of Clinical Biochemists. Analysis of urine calcium has consistently improved over the three year period whereas urine protein analysis has consisten...

Quality standards for DNA sequence variation databases to improve clinical management under development in Australia

Despite the routine nature of comparing sequence variations identified during clinical testing to database records, few databases meet quality requirements for clinical diagnostics. To address this issue, The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) in collaboration with the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA), and the Human Variome Project (HVP) is developing standards for ...

Organizational aspects in an anatomical pathology quality assurance programme.

INTRODUCTION METHODS Since 1968 The Royal College of The following methods were adopted 1 : P Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) has been Diagnostic Skills of Pathologists were tested conducting ist to pathology Surveys with the by exmining reports returned by pathologists intention of testing the diagnostic ability of after processing the tissue or examining the surgical pathologists in Austra...