Assessment of the Portuguese k 0-INAA laboratory performance by evaluating internal quality control data

2014 ◽  
Vol 300 (2) ◽  
pp. 581-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Almeida ◽  
M. Almeida-Silva ◽  
C. Galinha ◽  
C. A. Ramos ◽  
J. Lage ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Internal Quality Control ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Control Data ◽  
Laboratory Performance ◽  
Quality Control Data

INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL OF RADIOIMMUNOASSAYS

1978 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. W. KEMP ◽  
A. B. J. NIX ◽  
D. W. WILSON ◽  
K. GRIFFITHS
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Plasma Samples ◽  
Control Data ◽  
Control Value ◽  
Plasma Pool ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Mean And Variance ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Quality Control Data

A modified cumulative sum technique has been applied to radioimmunoassay quality control data. The method is approximately 50% more efficient in detecting systematic changes in the mean and variance of quality control values for plasma samples than more widely used conventional methods. The salient features of the technique have been restricted to changes in the mean quality control value of a plasma pool, but potential applications to changes in variance and as a diagnostic aid to problems in radioimmunoassay have been evaluated. The method is independent of computing facilities and statistical expertise since all computations have been presented in the form of a nomogram and thus can be used by technicians at the bench.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Quality Control Data of Clinical Chemistry Parameters using Six Sigma Metrics Tool in Clinical Laboratory

2021 ◽  
pp. 305-309
Author(s):  
G. Anuradha ◽  
S. Santhinigopalakrishnan ◽  
S. Sumathy
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Clinical Biochemistry ◽  
Clinical Chemistry ◽  
Control Data ◽  
Laboratory Performance ◽  
Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory ◽  
Quality Control Data

Background: Physicians rely on laboratory results for treating patients. So it is the duty of laboratories to assure quality of the results released. So laboratory performance should be validated to maintain the quality. Six sigma has now gained recent interest in monitoring the laboratory quality.This study was designed to gauge the clinical chemistry parameters based on six sigma metrics. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, both the internal and external quality control data of 26 clinical chemistry parameters were collected for a period of 6 months from June 2020 to November 2020 and the six sigma analysis was done at the Central clinical biochemistry laboratory of Chettinad Hospital and research institute. Results: AST, amylase, lipase, triglyceride, HDL, iron, magnesium, creatine kinase showed sigma values more than 6.Uric acid, total protein, ALT, direct bilirubin, GGT,cholesterol, cholesterol, calcium, TIBC and phosphorus shows sigma values between 3.5 to 6. Glucose, BUN, creatinine, albumin, Na, K, Chloride, showed sigma values less than 3.5. Conclusion: Six sigma metrics can help in improving the quality of laboratory performance and also helps to standardisethe actual amount of QC that is required by the laboratory for maintaining quality.

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