What's New: May 2009

By Sten Westgard, MS

If you can read the dates, you know we're a little behind schedule this month - or last month.

In May, Between Dr. Westgard and myself ("a" Westgard), we visited Puerto Rico; Oslo; Kolding, Denmark; Hamilton, Ontario; and Barcelona, Spain. We were not in the office very much and did not keep up with our website posting duties. While we were able to put up new material, we fell behind in telling people about the new articles.

So here, in retrospect, are the new articles that appeared last month:

ESSAY: The Risk Management Process

Risk Management tools, techniques and terminology are headed for the laboratory. New standards and guidelines will make heavy use of these concepts in forthcoming recommendations for laboratory conduct. So what is Risk? And what exactly is Risk Management? Dr. Westgard explains some of the words and meanings of this new movement... 

https://westgard.com/essay127.htm

GUEST ESSAY: A MANUFACTURER'S PERSPECTIVE ON SIGMA-METRICS

Dr. Ian Giles, Director of Scientific Affairs for Sysmex America, shares their experiences with Sigma-metric analysis and its impact upon their operations and customer relations.

https://westgard.com/guest44.htm

NEW ONLINE COURSE: QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN FOR ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS

The new online course introduces you to the Planning and Design techniques that are part of the systems approach to analytical quality management. In six lessons, participants review current guidelines for quality, learn to use QC Design tools, customize their procedures, and achieve the quality required by their tests. This course includes a short video lecture by Dr. Westgard.

As a bonus, register this month with coupon NEWQMD and you'll save 25% off the cost of registration
 (must use coupon at http://www.westgardqc.com )

http://westgard.org/index.pl?iid=27322

Thanks for your patience and continued patronage of the website.

Lots more in store for June!