Are My Lab Reports Accurate: Clinical Standardization Programs Advance Quality of Laboratory Testing

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Hubert W. Vesper, Ph.D

How can laboratories and researchers ensure tests used in patient care and clinical research produces accurate and comparable results

Thread 'CDC STANDARDIZED TOTAL T and ESTRADIOL ASSAYS and soon to be FREE TESTOSTERONE!'

Jan 5, 2019

How the CDC Clinical Standardization Programs Are Improving Hormone Tests - AACC.org

WHAT PROGRESS HAS CDC MADE WITH STANDARDIZING TOTAL TESTOSTERONE AND ESTRADIOL TESTS?



Since HoSt began in 2010, CDC has had more than 350 participants in 15 countries. Participants have shown measurable improvements for both total testosterone (TT) and estradiol (E2). Specifically, the among-laboratory bias has decreased from 16.5% in 2007 to 2.8% in 2017 for TT and from 54.8% in 2012 to 13.9% in 2017 for E2. Not only has bias improved, but data...

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[madman]

Many clinical laboratory tests are not sufficiently accurate and reliable to ensure correct patient care

Proficiency testing ensures consistency within peer groups
Standardization ensures consistency across peer groups

 

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CDC Clinical. Standardization Programs improve the accuracy and reliability of key chronic disease biomarkers used in patient care and research

What id CDC's laboratory test standardization

 

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CDC's Clinical. Reference Laboratories provide a point of reference (metrological traceability) to laboratories, test manufacturers and EQA providers

CDC's clinical reference laboratories (CRL) continuously operating highly accurate, specific reference methods for chronic disease biomarkers

 

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CDC's Clinical Standardization Programs team assist with improving, documenting and maintaining appropriate analytical performance

CDC's Clinical Standardization Programs provide comprehensive and reliable information not available with other programs

CDC CSP's provide detailed information to participants about the analytical performance across the analytical measurement range

CDC CSP provide information about tests that meet generally. recommended analytical performance requirements

 

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CDC's CSP data indicate consistent assay calibration is not always sufficient for improving the accuracy and reliability of measurement results

CDC CSP monitor analytical performance of out participants to detect and address trends in a timely manner

CDC's CSP facilitates the implementation of accurate clinical tests in patient care, public health and clinical research

 

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CDC Clinical Standardization Programs collaborate with stakeholders to ensure quality in every step of the evidence-based decision-making process

CDC CSP creates measurement results traceable to one accuracy basis for consistent, comparable results across methods, location, and over time

 

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* Proficiency testing data Testosterone at the time when we just started our Testosterone Standardization Program




CDC CSP creates measurement results traceable to one accuracy basis for consistent, comparable results across methods, location, and over time

 

[madman]

How can laboratories and researchers ensure tests used in patient care and clinical research produces accurate and comparable results

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