Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Congratulations to Biomedical Caledonia medical laboratory of Jamaica and their 50th anniversary. I was happy to help them celebrate the milestone with some discussion of milestones in quality and control rules. Special thanks to Mrs Barbara Hendriks for hosting me. Thanks to Dr Eunice Forrester for her lecture on QSEs and finally thanks to Karlene Cole and Abbott Diagnostics for supporting the event.
See more at https://biomedicaljm.con hashtag#sixsigma hashtag#qualitycontrol hashtag#westgardrules
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Thanks to the IBT Biokimya kongres and particularly Dr Sedef Yenice for hosting me in Bodrum Turkey. We had a great Masterclass workshop on QC and Six Sigma. I also had the honor of giving a plenary lecture on the new tools for QC frequency. Wonderful weather. Wonderful location. Wonderful people. hashtag#sixsigma hashtag#qc hashtag#westgardrules
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Thrilled to find a strong new partner in Ecuador and Peru. After several visits to both countries, we have partnered with a local company to help expand the Westgard training and techniques as quickly and broadly as possible.
“QIE Quality Institute Erroch firma convenio de representación exclusiva con hashtag#WestgardQC, para los países de Perú y Ecuador, continuando así su labor de impartir conocimiento de alto nivel en garantía y gestión de calidad.
Felicitaciones a todo el equipo hashtag#QIE, el cual continúa trabajando para que la calidad sea tu marca.” 👍😊
https://lnkd.in/eDMK33A hashtag#Westgardrules
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
We've asked the world about their QC, their IQCP, and their Six Sigma. Now we want to know about the quality control practices at the POC, near-patient, and/or rapid diagnostic testing.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BGWDRLB
(As is our tradition, several participants will randomly be selected to win a raffle prize: in this case, an early advance copy of the 2019 Poor Lab's Guide to the Regulations, to be published in early 2019.) Please, share your practices - and frustrations - with us about your point of care quality!
(Note: this survey is only open to operational laboratories, not for vendors or manufacturers)
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Global Six Sigma Survey Results The results are in! More than 550 laboratories from more than 100 countries participated. Now we have a better picture of how labs worldwide use Six Sigma. Around the world in Six Sigma Get the chart-pack of the survey.
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Thanks to Dr Carolina Prieto and SMLC for inviting me to the XV Congress SMLC in Santiago Chile. I presented on the evolution of the “Westgard Rules” and QC Frequency. This conference serves as an appetizer for a much larger event to come: ALAPAC ML2020 will be here in Santiago. Visit www.smlc.cl for more details. Mark your calendars.
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