Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Pictured here left to right:
Frank Quinn, PhD; James O. Westgard, PhD; R. Neill Carey, PhD;
and Sten Westgard, MS
October 10th was a great day to talk about statistics, particularly since our numbers were doing better than the numbers on Wall Street.
We were blessed by the last minute addition of R. Neill Carey, PhD, who provided an excellent discussion of EP15, the new (at least to most labs) method validation protocol from CLSI. EP15 is sort of a mini-validation protocol all by itself, providing abbreviated studies for imprecision and bias. It also is one of the first CLSI standards characterized by real ISO influence; the terms used in EP15 are really based on the ISO terminology (for instance, EP15 actually talks about "trueness" instead of bias; "repeatability" instead of within-run precision). What better way to learn about this standard than to hear from the chair of the committee that created it? Neill explained this new standard in a way that few others could.
Thanks also to our Chicago workshop participants, who provided some challenging questions and good discussion. Last but not least, thanks to Abbott Diagnostics for hosting this training event. We had a good group of people in Chicago and Abbott rolled out the red carpet for them. Dr. Frank Quinn, Director of Global Scientific Affairs of Abbott Diagnostics provided the introduction to the workshop. Special thanks also to Dr. David Armbruster, also of Abbott Diagnostics, who made this event possible.
Now, off to Rochester, Minnesota for the October 17th version of this workshop...
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