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The impact of proficiency testing information and error aversions on the weight given to fingerprint evidence.

Behavioral sciences & the law, 2019
Fingerprint examiners regularly participate in tests designed to assess their proficiency. These tests provide information relevant to the weight of fingerprint evidence, but no prior research has directly examined how jurors react to proficiency testing
G. Mitchell, Brandon L. Garrett
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Accuracy-Based Vitamin D Survey: Six Years of Quality Improvement Guided by Proficiency Testing.

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2019
CONTEXT.— The goal of the College of American Pathologists' Accuracy-Based Proficiency Testing Program is to promote the quality, standardization, and harmonization of clinical laboratory results through proficiency testing specimens that are free from ...
Patrick A. Erdman, D. Palmer-Toy, G. Horowitz, A. Hoofnagle   +3 more
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An Assessment of the Utilization of Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory Services in Ontario

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1996
OBJECTIVE: Diagnostic parasitology services in Ontario were assessed to determine whether the reduction in the number of provider laboratories from 209 to 70 over the period 1977 to 1994 has affected the availability and quality of service.
Harold Richardson, Christine Fleming, Josephine Palmer, Erluo Chen, Robert Lannigan, The Microbiology Committee   +5 more
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PROCORAD’s international proficiency testing for radio-bioassays [PDF]

International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering, 2010
In France, the Clinical Biochemistry Laboratories (CBL) are in charge of the monitoring of nuclear workers. These laboratories must be accredited and have ministerial certification. The accreditation of radiobioassay analyses requires
Fottorino R., Ruffin M., Bérard Ph.
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Interlaboratory proficiency testing of tensile and flexural testing for cellulose based transformed board material [PDF]

International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering, 2012
Optimum safety and reliability can be achieved by coordinating an interlaboratory proficiency testing among different laboratories. Testing laboratories need to verify their test procedures and testing capability for reliable results.
Aydemir B., Fank S.
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External Quality Assessment of Transporting Infectious Substances in Canada

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999
OBJECTIVE: To determine the degree of compliance with Transport Canada’s Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations for transporting infectious substances in Canada.
Shelley M Tiffin, Michael A Noble
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Preparation and application of proficiency testing sample of carbofuran and dimethomorph in Chili

Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, 2021
ObjectiveTo prepare a vegetable matrix reference material with pesticide residues and organize a proficiency testing to assess the performance of domestic laboratories on the quantification of pesticide residues.MethodsThrough simulated field planting ...
QIU Xinlei, CHEN Yuhang, FENG Chao, XU Qian, LIN Yuanjie, LE Sunyang, JIN Yu'e, LU Dasheng, WANG Guoquan   +8 more
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Proficiency Testing of Virus Diagnostics Based on Bioinformatics Analysis of Simulated In Silico High-Throughput Sequencing Data Sets

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2019
Quality management and independent assessment of high-throughput sequencing-based virus diagnostics have not yet been established as a mandatory approach for ensuring comparable results.
A. Brinkmann, Andreas Andrusch, Ariane Belka, C. Wylezich, D. Höper, Anne Pohlmann, Thomas Nordahl Petersen, P. Lucas, Y. Blanchard, A. Papa, A. Melidou, B. O. Oude Munnink, J. Matthijnssens, W. Deboutte, R. Ellis, F. Hansmann, W. Baumgärtner, E. van der Vries, A. Osterhaus, C. Cammà, I. Mangone, A. Lorusso, M. Marcacci, A. Nunes, M. Pinto, V. Borges, A. Kroneman, D. Schmitz, V. Corman, C. Drosten, T. Jones, R. Hendriksen, F. Aarestrup, M. Koopmans, M. Beer, A. Nitsche   +35 more
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Variability in Urine Culture Reporting by Canadian Microbiology Laboratories

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1996
OBJECTIVE: To determine the ability of microbiology laboratories to perform and to report urine colony counts.
Michael A Noble, Shirley Nikiforuk
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Precision cancer genome testing needs proficiency testing involving all stakeholders

Scientific Reports, 2022
To implement precision oncology, analytical validity as well as clinical validity and utility are important. However, proficiency testing (PT) to assess validity has not yet been systematically performed in Japan.
Masato Maekawa, Terumi Taniguchi, Kazuto Nishio, Kazuko Sakai, Kazuyuki Matsushita, Kaname Nakatani, Takayuki Ishige, Makoto Ikejiri, Hiroshi Nishihara, Kuniko Sunami, Yasushi Yatabe, Kanako C. Hatanaka, Yutaka Hatanaka, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Keita Fukuyama, Shinya Oda, Kayoko Saito, Mamoru Yokomura, Yuji Kubo, Hiroko Sato, Yoshinori Tanaka, Misa Fuchioka, Tadashi Yamasaki, Koichiro Matsuda, Kiyotaka Kurachi, Kazuhiro Funai, Satoshi Baba, Moriya Iwaizumi   +27 more
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