Guest Essay
A new edition of EP46 has been published. Thie guideline focuses on Determining allowable total error goals and aligns with the CLSI EP21 guideline on calculating total error. Dr. Paulo Pereira, heavily involved in the creation of these documents, provides us a quick introduction.
Metrology is hard enough - but are we sure we're speaking the same language when we discuss it?
Wayne Dimech revisits the quality challenges of SARS-Cov-2 testing. More than a year later, are we doing any better? Wayne Dimech is Executive Manager, Scientific and Business Relations at NRL, Australia (NRL) in Melbourne. He is a recognized expert in infectious disease serology and laboratory quality.
Our friends in the Netherlands have sent us a reminder of the last time the Qualty in the Spotlight conference met, in 2018, when Erna Letners-Westra was honored for her accomplishments in the measuring of HbA1c quality.
In July, our dear colleague, Elsa Quam, passed away. Some of her laboratory friends share their reminiscences.