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NEW! Risk Analysis Guidelines Analysis

Get an overview of ISO standards 15189, 14971, and 22367 and CLSI guidelines EP18, EP22, and EP23. With Risk Management coming into medical laboratories, now is the time to learn these important Risk Analysis concepts recommended by these documents.
Introduction to Risk Analysis

New standards and guidelines for Quality are heading toward the lab, based on Risk Management principles. Learn all about them now.
Quality Management and Design of Analytical Systems (An Introduction)

Quality Planning and Design are part of a larger systems approach to analytical management. in this new six lesson course, participants will review current guidelines for quality and learn to use QC Design tools to customize their procedures and achieve the quality required by their tests.

Basic QC Practices
Our most popular course, covering the fundamentals of quality control in the laboratory.

Basic Method Validation
This course teaches all the experiments and calculations needed for a basic validation of a new instrument. Linearity, Reportable Range, Comparison of Methods, Correlation, Replication, Interference, Recovery, Detection Limit and Reference Range studies are explained and demonstrated. Educational online tools allow participants to enter data and view results immediately.

Secrets of Method Validation Streaming Video course
A short animated slide show, narrated by Dr. Westgard, explaining the Inner, Hidden, Deeper, Secret Meaning of Method Validation

"Westgard Rules" and Levey-Jennings short course
Everything you ever wanted to know - and were afraid to ask - is included in this online course. All the rules, combinations, and interpretations are included. Online graphing tools allow you to enter data and see the interpretation.

Westgard QC, Inc. was the first company to offer accredited online courses through both the AACC and ASCLS. More than a thousand participants from over 30 countries have taken our online courses.

July 27, 2008

Thanks for Visiting

Originally posted August 1st, 2006

Sten Westgard and Joan Westgard, manning the booth We want to thank the hundreds of people who came to visit the Westgard QC booth at the AACC/ASCLS convention in Chicago last week (July 25-27).

This convention is always a rewarding experience for us. It helps us put faces to the people who visit, read, and embrace the website. For our visitors, it's a chance to look at our books in hardcopy (instead of reading free excerpts online), watch a live demonstration of the software, or just ask questions.

You would be amazed at the questions we get, some very simple and others quite complex. One visitor asked about rule interpretations of the 10:x rule for certain specific situations in their laboratory. Another person asked, "Is Dr. Westgard still alive?" - that's a question we get every year, actually. And we're always happy to dispel the rumors.

What encourages us is the fact that the energy and interest in quality is never lacking. In other fields, people turn their backs on quality, from the highest CEO to the lowest entry worker. But in the laboratory industry, people know they have to get their job done right the first time.

If you weren't at the conference, but have wanted to contact us about quality, now is the time. Email us at "westgard at westgard.com", call us at 608-833-0640, or just add a comment.

We want to hear from you.