CLSI EP31-A-IR (R2018) PDF

Verification of Comparability of Patient Results Within One Health Care System; Approved Guideline, EP31AIRE

CLSI EP31-A-IR (R2018) – Verification of Comparability of Patient Results Within One Health Care System; Approved Guideline, EP31AIRE

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute document C54-A-IR – Verification of Comparability of Patient Results Within OneHealth Care System; Approved Guideline (Interim Revision) provides guidance on how to verify comparability of quantitativelaboratory results for individual patients across a health care system. For the purpose of this document, a health care system isdefined as a system of physician offices, clinics, hospitals, and reference laboratories, under one administrative entity, where apatient may present for laboratory testing, and whose results may be reviewed by any health care provider within the system forthe purpose of providing medical care. This document does not provide guidance on how to correct method noncomparabilitythat may be identified.