Basic Method Validation. Third Edition

320 pages, softcover, 2008.
ISBN: 1-886958-25-4
ISBN13: 9781886958258

This third edition includes the following updates and additions - not available on the Westgard Web:

• Revised chapter on regulations that reflects the Final CLIA Rule as well as the latest CAP and Joint Commission requirements.
• Revised chapter on reportable range that includes calibration verification.
• Revised chapter on detection limit that describes the concepts of Limit of Blank, Limit of Detection, and Limit of Quantitation.
• Revised Method Decision Chart that includes the Six Sigma goal for world class quality.
• New chapter on the estimation of trueness and precision based on the CLSI EP 15-A2 guideline, including directions for performing the required calculations.
• New chapter on evolving global standards (ISO) and the ISO 15189 standard, as well as the concepts of trueness and measurement uncertainty.
• New chapter that discusses how to translate method validation data into Sigma-metrics.
• Exclusive access to an online method validation toolkit that performs these validation calculations.

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