What's New at Westgard Web: April 2018

Posted by sten Westgard, MS

What's On Westgard Web?

The 2018 Westgard Award goes to...

At the Quality in the Spotlight Meeting in Antwerp, Dr. Erna Lenters-Westra was the recipient of the 2018 Westgard Award. Her outstanding accomplishments in the field of HbA1c evaluation and assessment make this award well-deserved. .

The "Lenters-Westra" Rules of Evaluating HbA1c

Evaluating the cobas b 101 HbA1c method


Taking Dr. Erna Lenters-Westra rules into account, we review a recent study of the cobas b 101 HbA1c Analyzer. When evaluated on CAP standards, IFCC standards, and "Westra-Rules", does this instrument achieve any level of acceptability?

Is the b 101 going to achieve Grade A for HbA1c?
 

Evaluation of the JEOL BioMajesty BM6010-C clinical chemistry analyzer


Are there other choices than the "big 5" diagnostic analyzers? Beyond Beckman, After Abbott, Roche, Siemens, and OCD, are there viable alternatives for chemistry analyzers? We take a look at a new automated clinical chemistry analyzer, evaluating both its "closed" and "open" reagent performance.

Should you be open-minded to this new analyzer, or should you close the door on considering its performance?
 

Evaluation of the i-Smart 300 Blood Gas Analyzer


A new cartridge-type blood gas analyzer, the i-Smart 300, was assessed in a traditional method validation study.

When Six Sigma is the standard, is selecting this POC instrument a smart choice?
 

Congratulations, 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University

The Medical Laboratory of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University has become the first Sigma Verified institution in Yunnan province.

Two chemistry instruments from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University

Congratulations, Shenzhen Nanshan District People's General Hospital 



The Sixth People's Hospital of Shenzhen - also known as Shenzhen Nanshan District People's Hospital - becomes the largest Sigma Verification in China. Seven different instruments and more than 50 different assays are verified, almost entirely Six Sigma quality.

Shenzhen Nanshan District People's General Hospital