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AssigneeBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
InventorJohn Yundt-Pacheco
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A system and method that enables a laboratory to integrate its internal and external quality control programs to thereby control the quality of its laboratory testing services. The system comprises a storage device and a processor operable to maintain in the storage device a database identifying a plurality of laboratory tests and the corresponding internal laboratory statistical data, group statistical summary data and control rules. The processor is also operable to calculate a control range for a specified laboratory test by applying the group statistical summary data (and, in some cases, the internal laboratory statistical data) to the control rule corresponding to the specified laboratory test. Preferably, the processor is also operable to receive a test result from a laboratory instrument, and determine whether the test result falls within the calculated control range for the specified laboratory test. Various exemplary embodiments of the system and associated method are provided.
A system for integrating the internal and external quality control programs of a laboratory utilizing control rules for specified laboratory tests, comprising:
A computerized method for integrating the internal and external quality control programs of a laboratory utilizing control rules for specified laboratory tests, comprising:
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of integrating the internal and external Quality control programs of a laboratory utilizing control rules for specified laboratory tests, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of integrating the internal and external quality control programs of a laboratory utilizing control rules for specified laboratory tests, the method comprising:
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