External quality assessment (EQA) or proficiency testing is widely considered to be necessary for International Normalised Ratio (INR) determinations performed in conventional laboratory settings...
Keywords: INR, NPT/POC, proficiency testing
11/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerLaboratory accreditation and External Quality Assessment (also called proficiency testing) are mainstays of laboratory quality assessment and performance...
Keywords: accreditation, Evaluation, laboratory, proficiency testing
06/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterIn proficiency testing (PT), the peer-group mean is conventionally computed after twice removing values exceeding the meaną3 SD...
Keywords: Gaussian distribution, outliers, proficiency testing, robust mean, target value
04/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterIn proficiency testing (PT), it is difficult to set rational criteria for determining target values and allowable limits...
Keywords: between-method coefficient of variation, iterative method, proficiency testing, target value, within-method coefficient of variation
04/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter