Open AccessA Model for an Uncertainty Budget for Preanalytical Variables in Clinical Chemistry Analyses
Author(s) -
Marit Rynning,
Tore WentzelLarsen,
Bjørn J. Bolann
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2007.086371
Subject(s) - variance (accounting) , statistics , mathematics , measurement uncertainty , econometrics , clinical practice , medicine , accounting , economics , family medicine
We sought a practical method to calculate preanalytical uncertainties. In clinical chemistry measurements, the combined preanalytical uncertainty is a function of the magnitude and probability distribution of the different uncertainty sources and the number of such sources.
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