Statistical Quality Control is well established as a key assurance technique for medical laboratories. In chemistry and other disciplines, the use of statistical quality control and “Westgard Rules” ...

Internal quality control is an integral process of laboratory testing. A clinical laboratory's coagulation quality control (QC) program is a critical component of its quality assessment program. The ...

is a freelance science journalist, podcast host, comics artist, and TV host. Theranos’ blood tests often failed to meet the lab’s own standards, a redacted inspection report released by the US Centers ...

Sigma metrics constitute a quantitative approach that integrates bias, imprecision and total allowable error to evaluate the performance of clinical laboratory assays ...

Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO and founder of Theranos, a health care technology company, listens as Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks at Stanford University in Palo Alto on April 17, 2013.

A proper choice of the hematology analyzer can positively influence the accuracy and efficiency of the laboratory workflow.