The Quick Guide to Body Fluid Testing, Second Edition, continues as a readily available pocket reference for students, academics, and health care professionals working in a wide variety of contexts with the body fluid testing process. The authors have organized the material that makes up the main body of their text in three parts devoted to preanalytic considerations such as collection, labeling, handling, transport, specimen pretreatment, and test ordering practices, analytic validation, and postanalytic considerations. This revised edition includes a new section on validation requirements when replacing instruments, expanded post-analytical considerations to include selection of quality control materials and concentrations, and expanded frequently asked questions to address questions that arise around body fluid testing. This second edition aims to help laboratories make decisions about their body fluid testing menu and risk-based decisions about the thoroughness of their validation study design, making it a valuable resource to lab professionals. Single best resource for practical guidance to perform body fluid test validation Addresses the challenging issues that laboratory professionals face day to day in support of body fluid testing Provides didactic information that the audience can easily read, understand, and reference to explain practices and processes to validate body fluid testing INDICE: 1. Preanalytical Considerations 2. Collection 3. Labeling 4. Handling and Transport 5. Specimen Pretreatment 6. Test Ordering Practices 7. Analytic Validation 8. Caveats for new method validation vs Instrument replacement 9. Accuracy/Trueness for new methods 10. Accuracy/Trueness for instrument replacement 11. Linearity/Reportable Range 12. Precision 13. Analytic Sensitivity 14. Interferences 15. Stability 16. Reference Intervals 17. Postanalytic Considerations 18. Selection of quality control material 19. Proficiency testing practices 20. Informatics tools for optimizing body fluid reporting FAQs At what temperature should body fluids be transported? What are the labs' options for testing viscous samples viscosity? How should body fluid tests be calibrated? Which body fluid types and tests should be validated? Should I worry about body fluids gunking up? instruments and potentially producing inaccurate results? How should proficiency testing be conducted? What is required when performing calibration verification of body fluid assays? Can body fluids of similar origin be pooled together to get sufficient volume for validation? How should quality control be conducted? How should we handle requests for body fluid types we haven't validated or whose source is not specified?
- ISBN: 978-0-443-18531-1
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 70
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2022
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés