Quality Requirements and Standards
The fourth part of an extended discussion of HbA1c methods and the analytical quality necessary for patient care. This lesson draws on the January 2010 issue of Clinical Chemistry, which had a full-fledged evaluation study on Point-of-Care HbA1c instruments, as well as the February 2010 issue of Clinical Laboratory News, and a 2009 abstract of the performance of 2 new HbA1c methods.
The third part of an extended discussion of HbA1c methods and the analytical quality necessary for patient care. This lesson draws on the January 2010 issue of Clinical Chemistry, which had a full-fledged evaluation study on Point-of-Care HbA1c instruments, as well as a 2009 abstract of the performance of 2 new methods.
The January 2010 issue of Clinical Chemistry had a full-fledged evaluation study on Point-of-Care HbA1c instruments. Surprisingly, it found that most of these POC devices do not provide enough analytical quality. Here's an extended discussion of what this means.
The second part of an extended discussion of HbA1c methods and the analytical quality necessary for patient care. This lesson draws on the January 2010 issue of Clinical Chemistry, which had a full-fledged evaluation study on Point-of-Care HbA1c instruments.
In 2009, US laboratories were reporting surges in the number of vitamin D tests being ordered - increases of 50% to even 100%. But beyond the growth in testing and usage, what's the quality required by this type of testing?