INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL OF RADIOIMMUNOASSAYS

in Journal of Endocrinology
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K. W. KEMP
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A. B. J. NIX
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D. W. WILSON
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K. GRIFFITHS
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A modified cumulative sum technique has been applied to radioimmunoassay quality control data. The method is approximately 50% more efficient in detecting systematic changes in the mean and variance of quality control values for plasma samples than more widely used conventional methods. The salient features of the technique have been restricted to changes in the mean quality control value of a plasma pool, but potential applications to changes in variance and as a diagnostic aid to problems in radioimmunoassay have been evaluated. The method is independent of computing facilities and statistical expertise since all computations have been presented in the form of a nomogram and thus can be used by technicians at the bench.

 

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