Quality Control Practices for Chemistry and Immunochemistry in a Cohort of 21 Large Academic Medical Centers
| Autor: | James G. Flood, Kimia Sobhani, Alan H.B. Wu, Gregary T Bocsi, Matthew W. Rosenbaum, Daniel S. Herman, Elizabeth A. Handel, Joshua A Hayden, Xin Yi, Sami Albeiroti, John G. Toffaletti, Nikola A. Baumann, Ping Wang, Sihe Wang, Octavia M Peck-Palmer, Melissa Zimmer, Kent B. Lewandrowski, Mark A. Marzinke, Brandon R. Driver, Mark S. Lifshitz, Kathleen A. Kelly, Alex J. Rai, Raffick A.R. Bowen, Donald A. Giacherio, Mitchell G. Scott, Megan Ladror, Clayton R. Wilburn, Stacy E.F. Melanson, Nikolina Babic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Quality Control
030213 general clinical medicine medicine.medical_specialty Academic Medical Centers media_common.quotation_subject Immunochemistry Control (management) MEDLINE General Medicine 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Clinical Laboratory Services Federal law United States 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Chemistry Clinical Surveys and Questionnaires Cohort medicine Humans Medical physics Quality (business) Laboratories media_common |
| Zdroj: | American journal of clinical pathology. 150(2) |
| ISSN: | 1943-7722 |
| Popis: | Objectives In the United States, minimum standards for quality control (QC) are specified in federal law under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment and its revisions. Beyond meeting this required standard, laboratories have flexibility to determine their overall QC program. Methods We surveyed chemistry and immunochemistry QC procedures at 21 clinical laboratories within leading academic medical centers to assess if standardized QC practices exist for chemistry and immunochemistry testing. Results We observed significant variation and unexpected similarities in practice across laboratories, including QC frequency, cutoffs, number of levels analyzed, and other features. Conclusions This variation in practice indicates an opportunity exists to establish an evidence-based approach to QC that can be generalized across institutions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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