AACC: Day 2

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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 29, 2010

AACC: Day 2

Posted by Sten Westgard, MS

You meet a lot of people at the convention. Sometimes you see old friends. Sometimes you make new ones. And sometimes, strangers just come up and say, Thank you.

Gabriel Migliarino and Dr. Westgard. Gabriel did the Spanish translation of the Basic QC Practices, Third edition, and contributed a chapter to the book as well.

Dr. Westgard and Mike Toyoshima of Bio-Rad. While there is some finger-pointing going on, they were actually having a very friendly conversation. Mike is a great guy who has helped us tackle some perplexing questions on quality practices in the real world.

Dr. Erna Lenters-Westra, one of the authors of that seminal paper on HbA1c quality (6 out of 8...) and Dr. Westgard. While we have corresponded by email frequently this year, this was our first meeting face to face - a chance to thank her for doing such an important study.