PMID- 3122555
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19880210
LR  - 20190510
IS  - 0002-9173 (Print)
IS  - 0002-9173 (Linking)
VI  - 89
IP  - 1
DP  - 1988 Jan
TI  - Use of "average of normals" quality control procedure in the detection and 
      resolution of assay discrepancies.
PG  - 125-9
AB  - Improved computer technology and imperatives for cost control have made the use 
      of "average of normals" (AVON) procedure an attractive alternative to the more 
      expensive standard quality control programs for clinical laboratory assay 
      monitoring. The authors report the use of a version of the AVON procedure to 
      resolve assay discrepancies with CO2 determination that the traditional quality 
      control program appeared incapable of detecting. Their study suggests that the 
      mean of patients within the reference interval (RI) is a sensitive indicator of 
      accuracy, whereas the percentage of patients within RI is a good indicator of 
      random imprecision.
FAU - Woo, J
AU  - Woo J
AD  - Division of Clinical Pathology, State University of New York Health Science 
      Center, Syracuse 13210.
FAU - LeFever, D
AU  - LeFever D
FAU - Winkelman, J W
AU  - Winkelman JW
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Am J Clin Pathol
JT  - American journal of clinical pathology
JID - 0370470
RN  - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide)
SB  - IM
MH  - Carbon Dioxide/blood
MH  - Chemistry, Clinical/*methods
MH  - Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted
MH  - Quality Control
MH  - Statistics as Topic
EDAT- 1988/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1988/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1988/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1988/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1988/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1988/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1093/ajcp/89.1.125 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Clin Pathol. 1988 Jan;89(1):125-9. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/89.1.125.