Description

Welcome to Ask Stago, the podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in haemostasis. 

In today episode, our expert Arnaud Rouvière, Global process – Service manager, will provide us all the current recommendations to establish your Quality control ranges.  

As usual, don’t forget to send any question you may have to ask@stago.com, we will be glad to answer to it. 

Learn more  - Previous mentioned podcast  :

• Previous episode with Arnaud Rouvière : S1E7 How to determine the mean normal prothrombin time 
• Learn more about the externalization of your Internal quality controls (eIQC) : S1E3 #3 eIQC and EQA: benefits and differences  
• Go further with the episode dedicated to the reagent lot conversion : S2E10 - How to manage lot conversion in your daily lab management? 

Literature sources: 

• CLSI Statistical Quality Control for Quantitative Measurement Procedures: Principles and definitions; 4th ed. CLSI guideline C24. Wayne PA: Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute, 2016. 
• ISO 15189:2012 – Meical laboratories – requirements for quality and competence 
• College of American Pathologists. All Common Checklist. Northfield, IL: College of American Pathologists; 2020 
• Neufassung der Richtlinie der Bundesärztekammer zur Qualitätssicherung laboratoriumsmedizinischer Untersuchungen; Rili-BÄK; – Richtlinie der Bundesärztekammer zur Qualitätssicherung laboratoriumsmedizinischer Untersuchungen. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2014;111:1583–618. English version: Revision of the “Guideline of the German Medical Association on Quality Assurance in Medical laboratory Examinations – Rili-BAEK”. J Lab Med 2015;39:26–69 

Content is scientific and technical in nature. It is intended as an educational tool for laboratory professionals and topics discussed are not intended as recommendations or as commentary on appropriate clinical practice.