Aim: External Quality Assurance (EQA) is basic requirement of a medical laboratory to assess the quality assurance and achieve the accreditation. The available EQA schemes evaluate the analytical performances of the laboratory but neither evaluate pre analytical factors nor mimic...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i530423
Aims and Objectives: High performance liquid chromatography which is basically an Ion Exchange Chromatography, is the most popular as well as expensive method for glycated hemoglobin estimation but biased results have been observed in hemoglobinopathies. Sometimes results cannot...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2016/24410
Aims: The sample retention policy for Clinical Chemistry analytes in accredited medical laboratories as per ISO 15189:2012 is 24 hrs. Serum/ plasma to be separated in aliquot within 20 minutes of collection unless the primary containers are gel vacutainers. Rigorous maintenance o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13629