Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Core Laboratory becomes the first laboratory in Los Angeles and all of California to achieve the Sigma Verification of Performance program.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
From their website: "Cedars-Sinai is a nonprofit academic healthcare organization serving the diverse Los Angeles community and beyond. With pioneering medical research achievements, education programs defining the future of healthcare, and wide-ranging community benefit activities, we’re setting new standards for quality and innovation in patient care.
"[Cedars-Sinai] began in 1902 as a 12-bed hospital in the Angelino Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Today, Cedars-Sinai serves more than 1 million people each year in over 40 locations, with more than 4,500 physicians and nurses and 1,500 research projects in motion."
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Cedars-Sinai chemistry performance |
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TEST |
ARCHITECT A |
ARCHITECT B |
ARCHITECT C Sigma |
ARCHITECT D Sigma |
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Albumin |
Four Sigma |
Four Sigma | --- | --- |
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Alk Phos |
Four Sigma |
Four Sigma | --- | --- |
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ALT |
Six Sigma |
--- | --- | --- |
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Amylase |
Four Sigma |
--- | --- | --- |
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AST |
Six Sigma |
Six Sigma | --- | --- |
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Bilirubin, Total |
Five Sigma |
Five Sigma | --- | --- |
| C4 | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Five Sigma |
| C-Reactive Protein | --- | --- | Six Sigma | --- |
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Calcium |
Six Sigma |
Four Sigma | --- | --- |
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Chloride |
Five Sigma |
Five Sigma | --- | --- |
| Cholesterol | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
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Creatinine |
Six Sigma |
Six Sigma | --- | --- |
| Creatinine Kinase (CK) | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
| GGT | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
| Glucose | Four Sigma | --- | --- | |
| HDL | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
| IgA | --- | --- | --- | Four Sigma |
| IgG | --- | --- | Five Sigma | Six Sigma |
| IgM | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
| Iron | --- | --- | Five Sigma | Six Sigma |
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Lactate |
Six Sigma |
Six Sigma | --- | --- |
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LDH |
Five Sigma |
Four Sigma | --- | --- |
| LDL | --- | --- | Five Sigma | Six Sigma |
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Lipase |
Five Sigma |
Four Sigma | --- | --- |
| Lithium | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Five Sigma |
| Magnesium | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
| Prealbumin | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
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Potassium |
Six Sigma |
Six Sigma | --- | --- |
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Protein, Total |
Six Sigma |
Six Sigma | --- | --- |
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Sodium |
Four Sigma |
--- | --- | --- |
| Transferrin | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
| Triglycerides | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
| Uric Acid | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
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Chloride, U |
Six Sigma |
Six Sigma | --- | --- |
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Creatinine, U |
Six Sigma |
Six Sigma | --- | --- |
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Glucose, U |
Five Sigma |
Six Sigma | --- | --- |
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Potassium, U |
Six Sigma |
Six Sigma | --- | --- |
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Protein, U |
Six Sigma |
--- | --- | --- |
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Sodium, U |
Six Sigma |
Six Sigma | --- | --- |
| Uric acid, U | --- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Core Laboratory IA assays |
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TEST |
ARCHITECT A Sigma |
ARCHITECT B Sigma |
ARCHITECT C Sigma |
ARCHITECT D |
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AFP |
--- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
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Carbemazepine |
--- | --- | Six Sigma |
Five Sigma |
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CA 125 |
--- | --- | Six Sigma | Six SIgma |
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CA 15-3 |
--- | --- | --- | Five Sigma |
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CEA |
--- | --- | Five Sigma |
Four Sigma |
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Cortisol |
--- | --- | Five Sigma | Five Sigma |
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FSH |
--- | --- | Four Sigma |
Four Sigma |
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Insulin |
---- | --- | --- |
Six Sigma |
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LH |
--- | --- | Six Sigma |
Six Sigma |
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Phenytoin |
--- | --- | Six Sigma |
Six Sigma |
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Prolactin |
--- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
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PSA total |
--- | --- | Four Sigma | Four Sigma |
| T4, Total | Five Sigma | Five Sigma | --- | --- |
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Testosterone |
--- | --- | Five Sigma | Four Sigma |
| TSH | Four Sigma | Five Sigma | --- | --- |
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Vancomycin |
--- | --- | Six Sigma | Six Sigma |
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Vitamin B12 |
--- | --- | Six Sigma | Four Sigma |
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Vitamin D |
Six Sigma |
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Congratulations Cedars-Sinai Core Laboratory!