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It means just what I choose it to mean
I previously commented that the title of EP23 makes no sense. The EP23 subcommittee’s response to my comment is that my use of “quality control” is not what is meant in EP23. EP22 and EP23 were origin… more →
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It means just what I choose it to mean
jkrouwer wrote 2 weeks ago: I previously commented that the title of EP23 makes no sense. The EP23 subcommittee’s response to my … more →
The Final Exam.
ricardostuart wrote 1 month ago: The exam came and went, and I am currently awaiting grades. This semester I got 4 Bs and 1 A ..Still … more →
Advances in Clinical Chemistry
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mbjesq wrote 1 month ago: My second-most-favorite magazine of all time is Clinical Chemistry. Like my first-most-favorite maga … more →
Bernie Madoff of Clinical Chemistry?
jkrouwer wrote 2 months ago: There is/was? a promising marker for prostate cancer called EPCA-2 (1). The person who discovered th … more →
Not so fast, Point-of-Care
jkrouwer wrote 3 months ago: The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has revised its recommendation for diagnosis of diabetes and … more →
Interference reporting for diagnostic assays
jkrouwer wrote 3 months ago: Non specificity in diagnostic assays (interferences) is a problem. For example, using the search too … more →
The lighter side of trade shows
jkrouwer wrote 4 months ago: I have been going to the AACC (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) meetings for many years. … more →
No free lunches no magic bullets
jkrouwer wrote 4 months ago: At the recent AACC meeting, I went to a CLSI (Clinical And Laboratory Standards Institute) meeting a … more →
Preface
ricardostuart wrote 5 months ago: Clinical Chemistry deals the analysis of body fluids. In the late 19th century, simple chemical tes … more →
Why you need to be your own patient advocate with lab tests
jkrouwer wrote 6 months ago: Lab tests have error and sometimes very large errors. As the last blog entry showed, patient harm ca … more →
Clinical applications of plasmatic enzymes studies.
biochemistryquestions wrote 6 months ago: Measuring plasma enzymes activity is an important tool in diagnosis and monitoring of treatment. … more →
Head, Face, and Neck Pain Science, Evaluation, and Management: An Interdisciplinary Approach
neckpain wrote 8 months ago: More On Head, Face, and Neck Pain Science, Evaluation, and Management: An Interdisciplinary Approach … more →
Beware of quality indicators
jkrouwer wrote 9 months ago: There is a new standard that is coming out at CLSI: GP35 “Development and Use of Quality Indicators … more →
PSA Cutpoints
jkrouwer wrote 12 months ago: PSA Cutpoints Vickers and Lilja suggest that cutpoints in general are not a good idea and use PSA as … more →
Repeating a refuted item doesn’t make it true
jkrouwer wrote 1 year ago: With the election just over, I am reminded that politicians will repeat things that have been refut … more →
Historical vs. New Mitigations in a FMEA
jkrouwer wrote 1 year ago: One of the things that I often encounter when looking at FMEAs is failure to distinguish between wha … more →
CLSI EP22 EP23 Review
jkrouwer wrote 1 year ago: EP22 was created as a means to use risk management to allow manufacturers to recommend the frequency … more →
Case Presentation - Mr C O
The Armchair Daddy wrote 1 year ago: PC This pleasant 53 year old gentleman consulted me with what he described as severe night time leg … more →
Westgard Quality Control Workshop – Part 3
jkrouwer wrote 1 year ago: I just returned from the Westgard quality Control Workshop, where I was a speaker and have a few blo … more →
