Here are just some of the topics covered by Assuring the Right Quality Right: CLIA "Final" Rules and "Equivalent QC" options Inspection and Accreditation agencies, the impact of going "unannounced" on laboratories Risk Management techniques, their scope and applicability Six Sigma tools and benchmarks ISO 15189 and other standards Patient Safety pressures Government investigations into the Quality of Laboratory Testing

Assuring the Right Quality Right

Medical Books

Westgard, James O.

Administration & Medicine Economics

Westgard Qc

Risk Analysis is coming to medical laboratories. But for too many labs, Risk Analysis is a buzzword without meaning, an approach without defined technique. At worst, it threatens to appear like science while being implemented like guesswork. In this book, Dr. Westgard surveys the ISO standards, as well as published CLSI guidelines, and the long-established Joint Commission methodology for Proactive Risk Reduction. After providing an overview of the general Risk Analysis approach, Dr. Westgard explains how to adapt the principles for the medical laboratory, with performance-based tools and practical implementation tips: * Process maps, flowcharts and fishbone diagrams * Risk Acceptability matrices * Assessment of hazards through Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) * Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Actions System (FRACAS) * Six Sigma metric integration into Risk Analysis Using Six Sigma metrics, Dr. Westgard shows how Risk Analysis can be converted from qualitative and ephemeral to something more quantitative and concrete. When performance data informs Risk Analysis, the decisions become more relevant to medical laboratories and the patients they serve. Don't settle for arbitrary guesswork in your Risk Analysis. Combine the power of Six Sigma and Risk Analysis tools.

Six Sigma Risk Analysis: Designing Analytic QC Plans for the Medical Laboratory

Medicine

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Basic Quality Management Systems

The New Poor Lab's Guide to the Regulations 2015: Compliance and Inspection Survival Advice for CLIA, the Joing Commission, CAP and COLA

Ehrmeyer, Sharon S

THIS IS THE 2016 4TH EDITION OF: BASIC QC PRACTICES - Training in Statistical Quality Control for Medical Laboratories by James O. Westgard, Ph.D. BRAND NEW - 21 AVAILABLE The new 4th edition of our most popular title, it's THE book on laboratory quality control. A standard reference on QC for thousands of laboratories around the globe. BASIC QC: REVISED AND UPDATED! THE BEST EXPLANATION OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF QC, LEVEY-JENNINGS CHARTS, and "WESTGARD RULES" OVER 100 CHARTS, GRAPHS, TABLES and ILLUSTRATIONS! THE DEFINITIVE BOOK ON LABORATORY QUALITY FOR MORE THAN A DECADE NOW INCLUDES THE "WESTGARD SIGMA RULES" - CONNECTING RULES TO YOUR PERFORMANCE NOW INCLUDES QC FREQUENCY GUIDELINES - HOW OFTEN DO YOU REALLY NEED TO RUN CONTROLS IQCP ADVICE Thousands of laboratory professionals have made the Basic QC Practices their standard reference on laboratory quality control. In the fourth edition, Dr. James O. Westgard and colleagues have updated their coverage: Updated discussion of IQCP requirements New explanations about practical ways to determine QC frequency Comprehensive treatment of the Total Testing Process, including Pre-Analytical Quality and Post-Analytical Quality Exclusive access to online content that supplements and tests your knowledge of the material Now more than ever, Basic QC Practices is the gold standard for learning Quality Control: a concise and comprehensive introduction to the backbone of the laboratory -- statistical quality control. For healthcare pratictioners who want to implement and operate valid QC procedures, this manual is an essential reference.

Basic QC Practices: Training in Statistical Quality Control for Medical Laboratories

The New Poor Lab's Guide to the Regulations 2017

For 50 years, Dr. James O. Westgard has championed standard of quality and best practices for method validation. In this, the fourth edition of Basic Method Validation, Dr. Westgard and colleagues provide important updates on regulatory requirements, evolving standards of practice, and the latest guidelines from CLSI, FDA, CMS, and ISO: New coverage of the validation and verification of qualitative and semi-quantitative testing, a topic critically important in the age of SARS-COV-2; Update of CLIA regulations and accreditation requirements' Discussion of Laboratory-Developed Tests (LDTs); Full coverage of the different studies necessary for validation and verification; Detailing of strengths of different regression techniques for comparison of methods Book jacket.

Basic Method Validation and Verfication

James O. Westgard

The New Poor Lab's Guide to the Regulations 2021

Sharon S Ehrmeyer

The New Poor Lab's Guide to the Regulations - 2023-2024 edition

Ehrmeyer, Sharon C.

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