Global trends in quality specifications: a report from the Stockholm Conference |
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Authors: | Anders Kallner |
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Institution: | (1) Department Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden e-mail: anders.kallner@lab.ks.se Tel.: +46–8–729 4943 Fax.: +46–8–729 2899, SE |
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Abstract: | In Stockholm a conference entitled: "Strategies to Set Global Quality Specifications in Laboratory Medicine" was held in
April 1999. The primary aim in organizing the Conference was to provide a vehicle for reaching consensus on global quality
specifications in laboratory medicine. This objective was achieved and a lively constructive debate, after the presentations
were complete, led to agreement on the principles laid down in the Consensus Statement. The International Federation of Clinical
Chemistry (IFCC), the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) kindly
sponsored the Conference but it must be noted that the Consensus Statement reflects the views of the presenters and registrants
who participated in the Conference and does not necessarily represent those of the sponsoring bodies. This paper reports on
the standardization efforts so far, the Stockholm Consensus Conference, the ISO uncertainty concept and the consensus reality.
A hierarchy of quality specifications in laboratory medicine was defined and agreed on.
Received: 15 April 2000 · Accepted: 15 April 2000 |
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Keywords: | Quality specifications Harmonization quality concepts Uncertainty in measurement |
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