A simulation study of the Westgard multi-rule quality-control system for clinical laboratories.
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A particular version of the Westgard-Barry-Hunt-Groth (Westgard) multi-rule quality-control system is studied by Monte Carlo simulation. The principal focus is on the amount of distortion in the working power curve caused by skewness in the distribution of analyte measurements. The effect of using only the first two rejection modes of the Westgard system is also studied.
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SubmitJames 0. Westgard, Patricia L. Barry, and ters: Marian R. Hunt, Depts. of Medicine, Pathology, and Clinical Laboratories, University of Wisconsin, Center for Health Sciences, Madison, WI 53792 Torgny Groth, Group for Biomedical Informatics, Uppsala University Data Center, S-75002 Uppsala, Sweden ReviewRobert W. Burnett, Clinical Chemistry ers: Laboratory, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 0...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical chemistry
دوره 36 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1990