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Gracias, XV Congress SMLC, Santiago

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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Gracias, Laboratorio de Analisis Clinicos - 1 Day Symposium

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Theranos finally bleeds out...

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Coming to Abuja, December

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How the "Westgard Rules" got their name...

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A Global Six Sigma Survey

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For more than 18 years, we've been talking about Six Sigma.

Now we want to hear from you!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SPSWG8Z

To help motivate you, we're offering several prizes to randomly selected survey participants. The prizes include...

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New Paper on MU, TE, and the unnecessary struggle

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Comparing MU to Ricos Desirable CV: Like comparing an apple to basketball

Posted by Sten Westgard, MS

I was looking over a recent study of a compact blood gas analyzer conducted over multiple sites, multiple cartridges, multiple days, etc. In other words, this was a study that was doing a very thorough job.

Then I reached a section where suddenly it all fell to nonsense: measurement uncertainty.

So they calculated measurement uncertainty, but then they compared the results against Ricos desirable imprecision performance specifications.

Huh?

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ICYMI: Theranos receives last minute transfusion

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Remember in 2017 when there were predictions that Theranos wouldn't last out the year?

It appears reports of Theranos' death were greatly exaggerated... or maybe not

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Consumer Reports joins the chorus on Biotin warnings

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Wanted: Data that's live

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Muchas Gracias, Medellin!

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Thanks to our hosts, our partnets, and our participants in Medellin, Colombia!

(more, after the jump)

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New Paper: Risk-Based QC Strategies with Six Sigma Nomograms

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Sigma-metrics in Korea PT

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Q&A: 20 Questions from the first 2017 webinar

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Q&A: 10 Questions on QC from the first webinar

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Can you find "American Sickness" in the laboratory?

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Join us for a Series of Free Webinars on "Westgard Rules" and QC

Posted by Sten Westgard, MS

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Abbott Diagnostics is sponsoring a series of Webinars about Quality Control, conveniently scheduled for the Asian market

Register for these webinars at https://www.labexcellence.in  [see the webinar descriptions after the jump]

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Theranos: could it get worse?

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The Great Global QC Survey

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