EQA-derived metrics to assess overall instrument performance

Tony Badrick; Andrew St John

doi:10.1515/cclm-2015-0680

Published by De Gruyter December 17, 2015

EQA-derived metrics to assess overall instrument performance

Tony Badrick and Andrew St John

From the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)

https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2015-0680

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Keywords: laboratory management; method comparison; quality assurance

Corresponding author: Tony Badrick, RCPAQAP, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia, E-mail: Tony.badrick@rcpaqap.com.au

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Received: 2015-7-16

Accepted: 2015-11-11

Published Online: 2015-12-17

Published in Print: 2016-7-1