An inter-laboratory survey of paediatric bilirubin analyses.
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- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 32 (8) , 794-797
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.32.8.794
Abstract
A regional quality control trial of paediatric bilirubin analyses is described. The overall performance of the group was unsatisfactory with an unacceptably high inter-laboratory variation. The use of a common standard produced improvement in performance but it is concluded that the poor performance was also due to methodological problems. This lack of agreement between laboratories is a major problem when patients are transferred between hospitals.Keywords
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