P‐58: DCI Quality Specifications for Emissive LED Screens

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to understand the evolution of the analytical performance of the laboratories participating in the Spanish society of laboratory medicine (SEQCML) external quality assurance (EQA) programmes during its 30 years of operation and to compare it with the performance of other EQA programmes to establish whether the results are similar. The results obtained during this period are evaluated by applying the biological variability (BV) and state of the art-derived quality specifications. In addition, the results are compared with those obtained by other EQA programme organisations. It is noted that the laboratories participating in the EQA–SEQCML programmes have improved their performance over 30 years of experience and that the specifications derived from biological variation are achievable. It is difficult to compare EQA programmes, due to lack of accessibility and the differences in the design of these programmes (control materials, calculations used and analytical specifications established). The data from this study show that for some biological magnitudes the results obtained by the programmes are not yet harmonised, although efforts are being made to achieve this. Organisers of EQA programmes should also join the harmonisation effort by providing information on their results to enable comparison.

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Quality specifications: self pleasure for clinical laboratories or added value for patient management?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) ◽

10.1515/cclm.2007.094 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Mario Plebani

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Patient Management ◽

Clinical Decision Making ◽

Laboratory Data ◽

Clinical Decision ◽

Added Value ◽

Internal Quality ◽

Laboratory Services ◽

Management Procedures ◽

Quality Specifications

AbstractAnalytical quality specifications play a key role in assuring and continuously improving high-quality laboratory services. However, I believe, that there are two “missing links” in the effective management of quality specifications in the delivery of laboratory services. The first is the evidence that pre-analytical variation and related problems are not taken into great consideration by laboratory professionals. The second missing link is the communication of quality specifications to clinicians and other possible stakeholders. If quality specifications represent “the level of performance required to facilitate clinical decision-making”, they cannot be used only for internal quality management procedures but must be communicated to facilitate clinical reasoning, decision-making and patient management. A consensus should be achieved in the scientific community on these issues to assure better utilization of laboratory data and, ultimately, improved clinical outcomes.Clin Chem Lab Med 2007;45:462–6.

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Medical Need for Quality Specifications - a Nordkem Project for Selecting the Appropriate Quality in Clinical Laboratories

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation ◽

10.3109/00365519309090695 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 53 (sup215) ◽

pp. 29-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Carl-Henric De Verdier ◽

Torgny Grotfp ◽

Per Hyltoft Petersen

Keyword(s):

Clinical Laboratories ◽

Medical Need ◽

Quality Specifications

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A Hierarchical Case-Based Reasoning System for Quality Design

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.20-23.1015 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 20-23 ◽

pp. 1015-1020

Author(s):

Cai Yan Liu ◽

You Fa Sun

Keyword(s):

High Efficiency ◽

Low Cost ◽

Case Based Reasoning ◽

Retrieval Accuracy ◽

Reasoning System ◽

Quality Specifications ◽

Computation Formula ◽

Quality Design ◽

Similarity Computation ◽

Case Based

Quality design means designing quality specifications and processing specifications of products with low cost and high efficiency. This paper presents a hierarchical case-based reasoning approach for quality design. The structure and expression of case-base, the hierarchical case retrieval algorithms and similarity computation formula between cases are all studied. Such a hierarchical case-based reasoning method will greatly improve the retrieval accuracy and efficiency.

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Sadash soft white spring wheat

Canadian Journal of Plant Science ◽

10.4141/cjps09010 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 89 (6) ◽

pp. 1099-1106 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

R S Sadasivaiah ◽

R J Graf ◽

H S Randhawa ◽

B L Beres ◽

S M Perkovic ◽

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Keyword(s):

Triticum Aestivum ◽

Grain Yield ◽

Spring Wheat ◽

Triticum Aestivum L ◽

Quality Analysis ◽

Head Blight ◽

Cultivar Description ◽

Quality Specifications ◽

Soft White Spring Wheat ◽

End Use

Sadash is a soft white spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) that meets the end-use quality specifications of the Canada Western Soft White Spring class. Sadash is well-adapted to the wheat-growing regions of southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan. Based on data from the Western Soft White Spring Wheat Cooperative Registration Test from 2003 to 2005, Sadash exhibited high grain yield, mid-season maturity, semi-dwarf stature with very strong straw, and good resistance to shattering. Sadash expressed resistance to the prevalent races of stem rust and powdery mildew, intermediate resistance to loose smut, moderate susceptibility to leaf rust and common bunt, and susceptibility to Fusarium head blight. Based on end-use quality analysis performed at the Grain Research Laboratory of the Canadian Grain Commission, Sadash had improved test weight over the check cultivars AC Reed and AC Phil and similar milling and baking performance.Key words: Triticum aestivum L., cultivar description, wheat (soft white spring), grain yield, quality, disease resistance

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