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Measurement procedure comparison is one of the most common techniques used by both manufacturers and medical laboratorians to estimate the bias of an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) measurement procedure relative to a comparator.
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At the invitation of US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), CLSI’s Global Health Partnerships (GHP) visited Tanzania, one of the first countries with which GHP partnered, in 2005. This was to be the first of many visits and a long-term partnership.
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Interference screening in clinical chemistry is conducted by paired-difference testing: samples with and without the interferent are measured, and the measurand concentration difference is determined.
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M24 is an important foundation guideline that supports CLSI’s library of antimicrobial and antifungal susceptibility testing documents.
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CLSI’s GHP team will be hosting a workshop on February 9-11th at the Medlab Middle East exhibition in Dubai. Participants will learn how a laboratory can establish an internal audit program to enhance the quality of its services through continual improvement.
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EP35—Assessment of Equivalence or Suitability of Specimen Types for Medical Laboratory Measurement Procedures, 1st Edition provides recommendations for assessing clinically equivalent performance for additional specimen types.
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January is One Health Awareness Month, when we promote the importance of public, animal, and environmental health. Learn about how CLSI has promotes the values of the One Health Initiative through its AST subcommittees that establish testing standards for the human and veterinary laboratory sectors.
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CLSI will be holding an educational workshop entitled “Beyond Susceptible/Intermediate/Resistant (SIR): Enhancing Laboratory Communication with Reporting Comments” at the January Committees Week in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday, January 25 from 5-7 PM.
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In January of each year CLSI publishes M100—Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. M100 reports the antibiotic breakpoints that help medical laboratorians throughout the world provide accurate test results to health care providers. These breakpoints aid laboratorians in selecting the most appropriate and effective antimicrobial treatments for patients.
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