Abstract
An international commercial proficiency testing scheme was used to evaluate the impact of laboratory results on clinical decisions. The affect on atrial fibrillation was chosen as a model with 16 Israeli laboratories participating in an international study. A Markov model was constructed to evaluate the impact of any inaccurate results on the clinical outcomes. From the proficiency test study and the Markov model, 13-21% of the results were inaccurate and would have yielded erroneous medical decisions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 291-295 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Accreditation and Quality Assurance |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jun 2003 |
Keywords
- Accuracy
- Atrial fibrillation
- Markov model
- Proficiency testing
- Variation