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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 23, 2009

AACC Show Day 2

Posted by Sten Westgard, MS

It's become an annual tradition for the Westgard QC corporation to hold a dinner/party at the AACC/ASCLS show a gathering of friends, distinguished colleagues, and other ne'er-do-wells. Dr. Westgard likes to hold the event at low key restaurants. No fancy steak house - someplace with a good brew instead. Since it was Chicago, we found an Irish pub.

We also found time to celebrate the birthday of one of our honored guests, Stacy Walz, who is member of the University of Wisconsin MT program (more on that soon) as well as the President of the ASCLS chapter in Wisconsin. It's truly a sign of her dedication that she was willing to spend her birthday hanging out with a bunch of old laboratorians. (Stacy is pictured at right with Don Wiebe of the UW Hospital and Clinics).

Dietmar Stockl, David Parry, and Linda Thienpont.
David Parry probably broke the record for the most number of abstracts that involved Sigma metrics this year. Dietmar is the driving force behind STT-Consulting.com which is a great educational resource.

Dr. Jeremie Gras, Jennifer Le Breux, and Dr. Ian Giles.
Jeremie broke the record for the most number of analytes in a single Sigma-metric abstract (over 100). Jennifer and Ian are good friends from Sysmex America.

Finally, here is Stacy getting her Birthday Cake from all of us:

To Stacy's left, among others, are good friends Carl Garber, Paula Santrach, Anders Kallner, and Sharon Ehrmeyer.