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Mr.Shashikant Mahadik. Scientific Officer Hematopathology,TMH, Mumbai. - Plotting of Levey-Jennings chart - Application of Westgard Rules - Calculation of coefficient of variance.
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Mr.Shashikant Mahadik Scientific Officer Hematopathology,TMH,Mumbai
-Plotting of Levey-Jennings chart- Application of Westgard Rules- Calculation of coefficient of variance
Control Material Commercial / In-house (for coagulation) Tri-levels 1st or 3rd party controlsMonitoring of control L-J charts, Westgard rules and %CV
Accuracy : Closeness of a result to the true valuePrecision : refers to the reproducibility of a resultYou cannot have accuracy without precision, but can have precision without accuracy
Calibration : is done to standardize the instrument for accuracyCalibrator : is a certified reference material used calibrate a measurement on analyzer
Whydolaboratoryerrorsoccur? Inadequate Attention ToDetail Poor Quality Management Non-validated Tests Understaffed & Underequipped Poor Workload Management Time Pressures Poor SampleControl PoorResults Verification Inadequate InternalQuality Control(IQC)& Assessment(EQAS)
TheLevey-Jennings Chart'sInventors In1931,Dr.WalterShewhart,a scientistattheBellTelephone Laboratories,proposedapplying statisticalbasedcontrolchartsto interpretindustrialmanufacturing processes. In1950,S.LeveyandE.R. Jenningssuggestedtheuseof Dr.Shewhart’scontrolchartinthe clinicallaboratory. Fatherofstatisticalqualitycontrol