Comparison Of Laboratory Performance With Blind And Mail-Distributed Proficiency Testing Samples

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  LaMotte, Louis C. ; Guerrant, Gordon O. ; Lewis, D, Ssue ; Hall, Charles T.
• Description:
  Simulated addict urine samples containing drugs were sent to collaborating hospital administrators and officials of methadone centers, who then forwarded the samples to their supporting laboratories as though they were ordinary specimens from patients. The laboratories, which were already participating in the proficiency testing program of the Center for Disease Control, received the identical test samples in the mail as part of a regular Center for Disease Control proficiency testing program. Most of the laboratories performed acceptably with the mail-distributed samples, but many performed poorly when the identical samples were sent to them as if they were specimens from patients. Because of the limitations of proficiency testing involving mail-distribution samples and the impracticality of extensive testing with blind samples on a national level, the Center for Disease Control proposes to compliment its regular proficiency testing program with a monitored, onsite program of performance evaluation.
• Subjects:
  • Efficiency
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Humans
  • Laboratories
  • Licensure
  • Methods
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Urine
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 92(6):554-560
• Pubmed ID:
  200968
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Corporate as Subject:
  Center for Disease Control ; Center for Disease Control
• Place as Subject:
  North America
• Volume:
  92
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/65385/cdc_65385_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.05 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0bd213684d78fabde104b4c33a532071370dbf4c48b6f8d0592df3d206d75711