Optimizing Available Tools for Achieving Result Standardization : Value Added by Joint Committee on Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM)
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
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Optimizing Available Tools for Achieving Result Standardization : Value Added by Joint Committee on Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM) / M. Panteghini, F. Braga, J.E. Camara, V. Delatour, K. Van Uytfanghe, H.W. Vesper, T. Zhang. - In: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0009-9147. - 67:12(2021), pp. 1590-1605. [10.1093/clinchem/hvab178]
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The JCTLM created a Task Force on Reference Measurement System Implementation (TFRMSI) to provide guidance on metrological traceability implementation for the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) community.
CONTENT: TF-RMSI investigated the reference measurement systems (RMS) for 13 common measurands by applying the following procedural steps: (a) extracting data from the JCTLM database of available certified reference materials (CRMs) and reference measurement
procedures (RMPs); (b) describing the RMS to which each recruited CRM or RMP belongs; (c) identifying the intended use of the CRMs, and, if used as a common calibrator for IVD measuring systems and/or trueness assessment of field methods was included, checking the CRM’s certificate for information about commutability with clinical samples; and (d) checking if the CRM or RMP measurement uncertainty (MU) has
the potential to be small enough to avoid significantly affecting the analytical performance specifications (APS) for MU of clinical sample results when the MU from the IVD calibrator and from the end-user measuring system were combined.
SUMMARY: We produced a synopsis of JCTLM-listed higher-order CRMs and RMPs for the selected measurands, including their main characteristics for implementing traceability and fulfilling (or not) the APS for suitable MU. Results showed that traceability to higher-order references can be established by IVD manufacturers within the defined APS for most of the 13 selected measurands. However, some measurands do not yet have suitable CRMs for use as common calibrators. For these measurands, splitting clinical samples with a laboratory performing the RMP may provide a practical alternative for establishing a calibration hierarchy
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
analytical performance specifications; commutability; measurement uncertainty; metrological traceability; reference material; reference measurement procedure; standardization
Elenco autori:
M. Panteghini, F. Braga, J.E. Camara, V. Delatour, K. Van Uytfanghe, H.W. Vesper, T. Zhang
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