Quality control in the age of risk management. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors James O. Westgard, Sten Westgard.
• Other Names: Westgard, James O, 1941-; Westgard, Sten A
• Contents: Perspectives on quality control, risk management, and analytical quality management -- Developing risk-based quality control plans: an overview of CLSI EP23-A -- Satisfying regulatory and accrediation requirements for quality control -- Prioritizing risk analysis quality control plans on sigma-metrics -- Analytical performance specifications: relating laboratory performance to quality required for intended clinical use -- Validating the performance of QC procedures -- Integrated qualitiy control: implementation and validation of instrument function checks and procedural controls for a cartridge-based point-of-care system for critical care analysis -- Statistical quality control procedures -- Accuracy controls: assessing trueness (bias) -- Patient population controls -- Patient data algorithms -- A strategic informatics approach to autoverification -- Patient safety & post-analytical error.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pa London : Saunders
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 205 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.0756; Diagnosis, Laboratory -- Risk management -- United States; Diagnosis, Laboratory -- United States -- Quality control; Pathological laboratories -- United States -- Quality control; Pathological laboratories -- Risk management -- United States; Laboratories -- standards; Risk Management; Quality Control; Patient Safety; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455772315; 1455772313
• Related ISBNs: 9781455771103; 1455771104
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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