# Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/clinical-laboratory-practices-and-quality-control/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on advancements in laboratory medicine and testing procedures, including the determination of reference intervals, management of preanalytical variables, establishment of quality indicators, utilization of point-of-care testing, understanding biological variation, development of clinical laboratory guidelines, identification and prevention of diagnostic errors, and implementation of laboratory quality management practices. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to improving the accuracy and reliability of laboratory testing in healthcare. |
| Domain | Health Sciences |
| Field | Medicine |
| OpenAlex ID | t11314 |
| Works | 53 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 53.

- [Optimal Cut-point and Its Corresponding Youden Index to Discriminate Individuals Using Pooled Blood Samples](https://scholariq.org/papers/optimal-cut-point-and-its-corresponding-youden-index-to-discriminate-individuals/)
- [The reporting of studies conducted using observational routinely collected health data statement for pharmacoepidemiology (RECORD-PE)](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-reporting-of-studies-conducted-using-observational-routinely-collected-2/)
- [Single screening versus conventional double screening for study selection in systematic reviews: a methodological systematic review](https://scholariq.org/papers/single-screening-versus-conventional-double-screening-for-study-selection-in/)
- [Hepatic Iron Concentration and Total Body Iron Stores in Thalassemia Major](https://scholariq.org/papers/hepatic-iron-concentration-and-total-body-iron-stores-in-thalassemia-major/)
- [The Effects of Hypoalbuminaemia on Optimizing Antibacterial Dosing in Critically Ill Patients](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-effects-of-hypoalbuminaemia-on-optimizing-antibacterial-dosing-in-critically/)
- [Cochran's Q test was useful to assess heterogeneity in likelihood ratios in studies of diagnostic accuracy](https://scholariq.org/papers/cochran-s-q-test-was-useful-to-assess-heterogeneity-in-likelihood-ratios-in/)
- [Seven Direct Methods for Measuring HDL and LDL Cholesterol Compared with Ultracentrifugation Reference Measurement Procedures](https://scholariq.org/papers/seven-direct-methods-for-measuring-hdl-and-ldl-cholesterol-compared-with/)
- [Current Issues in Measurement and Reporting of Urinary Albumin Excretion](https://scholariq.org/papers/current-issues-in-measurement-and-reporting-of-urinary-albumin-excretion/)
- [Measuring inter-rater reliability for nominal data – which coefficients and confidence intervals are appropriate?](https://scholariq.org/papers/measuring-inter-rater-reliability-for-nominal-data-which-coefficients-and/)
- [Principles of Analytic Validation of Immunohistochemical Assays: Guideline From the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center](https://scholariq.org/papers/principles-of-analytic-validation-of-immunohistochemical-assays-guideline-from/)
- [Influence of Population Selection on the 99th Percentile Reference Value for Cardiac Troponin Assays](https://scholariq.org/papers/influence-of-population-selection-on-the-99th-percentile-reference-value-for/)
- [Pathologist Workforce in the United States: I. Development of a Predictive Model to Examine Factors Influencing Supply](https://scholariq.org/papers/pathologist-workforce-in-the-united-states-i-development-of-a-predictive-model/)
- [Splenectomy and the incidence of venous thromboembolism and sepsis in patients with immune thrombocytopenia](https://scholariq.org/papers/splenectomy-and-the-incidence-of-venous-thromboembolism-and-sepsis-in-patients/)
- [Sample Sizes for Clinical, Laboratory and Epidemiology Studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/sample-sizes-for-clinical-laboratory-and-epidemiology-studies/)
- [The reference change value: a proposal to interpret laboratory reports in serial testing based on biological variation](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-reference-change-value-a-proposal-to-interpret-laboratory-reports-in-serial/)

## Topic primary papers

- [Principles of Analytic Validation of Immunohistochemical Assays: Guideline From the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center](https://scholariq.org/papers/principles-of-analytic-validation-of-immunohistochemical-assays-guideline-from/)
- [Sample Sizes for Clinical, Laboratory and Epidemiology Studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/sample-sizes-for-clinical-laboratory-and-epidemiology-studies/)
- [The reference change value: a proposal to interpret laboratory reports in serial testing based on biological variation](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-reference-change-value-a-proposal-to-interpret-laboratory-reports-in-serial/)
- [Primary Care Physicians' Challenges in Ordering Clinical Laboratory Tests and Interpreting Results](https://scholariq.org/papers/primary-care-physicians-challenges-in-ordering-clinical-laboratory-tests-and/)
- [Effect of the anticoagulant, storage time and temperature of blood samples on the concentrations of 27 multiplex assayed cytokines – Consequences for defining reference values in healthy humans](https://scholariq.org/papers/effect-of-the-anticoagulant-storage-time-and-temperature-of-blood-samples-on-the/)
- [Power function of the reference change value in relation to cut-off points, reference intervals and index of individuality](https://scholariq.org/papers/power-function-of-the-reference-change-value-in-relation-to-cut-off-points/)
- [Assessment of Stability of Prothrombin Time, International Normalized Ratio, and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Under Different Storage Conditions in Human Plasma](https://scholariq.org/papers/assessment-of-stability-of-prothrombin-time-international-normalized-ratio-and/)
- [EFFICACY OF PLATELET-RICH PLASMAPHARESIS IN REDUCING EXPOSURE TO ALLOGENIC RED CELL TRANSFUSIONS IN CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS](https://scholariq.org/papers/efficacy-of-platelet-rich-plasmapharesis-in-reducing-exposure-to-allogenic-red/)
- [519: CORRELATING ROTEM CT TO STANDARD COAGULATION TESTS FOR PEDIATRIC ECMO PATIENTS](https://scholariq.org/papers/519-correlating-rotem-ct-to-standard-coagulation-tests-for-pediatric-ecmo/)

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