CHAPTER 15 Instrument and Method Assessment Outline Determination of the Diagnostic Value of a Method Diagnostic Sensitivity and Specificity Efficiency Predictive Value CLIA Requirements for Instrument/Method Quality Assurance Determining Accuracy…
CHAPTER 2 Scientific Notation and Logarithms Outline Exponents and Scientific Notation Rule 1 Rule 2 Rule 3 Rule 4 Rule 5 Rule 6 Rule 7 Logarithms Significant Figures and Logarithms…
CHAPTER 3 Systems of Measurement Outline Measurement of Length, Weight, and Mass United States Customary System Metric System Système Internationale Measurement of Temperature Fahrenheit Celsius Kelvin Conversion Between Temperature Scales…
CHAPTER 13 Quality Assurance in the Clinical Laboratory Basic Statistical Concepts Outline Mean Median Mode Gaussian Distribution Accuracy Versus Precision Variance Standard Deviation Probabilities Associated with Standard Deviation Establishing Standard…
CHAPTER 8 Urinalysis Laboratory Outline Urine Tests Corrections Used for the Refractometer Calibration Correction for Protein Correction for Glucose Quantitative Chemical Analyses Calculating the Analyte Concentration per Volume of Collection…
CHAPTER 14 Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Clinical Laboratory Outline Basic Quality Assurance Concepts Quality Control Material Quality Control Analysis Errors That Cause a Method to Be Out…
CHAPTER 10 Immunohematology Laboratory Outline Calculations Associated with the Medical Effects of Transfusion Services Determining Therapeutic Effects of Transfusions Determining Hemoglobin Increments Determining Hematocrit Increments Determining Fresh Frozen Plasma Increments…
CHAPTER 12 Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory Outline Common Units of Measurements Used in the Clinical Molecular Laboratory Dilutions/Solutions Used in the Clinical Molecular Laboratory Conversions Commonly Performed in a Clinical Molecular…
CHAPTER 11 Microbiology Laboratory Outline Colony Counts Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Objectives At the end of this chapter, the reader should be able to do the following: 1. Calculate the colony forming…
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