Laboratory process specifications for assuring quality in the U.S. National Cholesterol Education Program
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Laboratory process specifications for assuring quality in the U.S. National Cholesterol Education Program.
We have assessed the laboratory specifications necessary for ensuring that cholesterol testing processes satisfy the quality required by the U.S. National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP). A model for setting process specifications has been developed to relate the NCEP guidelines for medical interpretation of a cholesterol test to the pre-analytical and analytical variables that can affect ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/37.5.656