Reply to Westgard et al.: 'Keep your eyes wide … as the present now will later be past'

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Mauro Panteghini. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2022.

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. 2022 Jul 4;60(9):e202-e203.

doi: 10.1515/cclm-2022-0557. Print 2022 Aug 26.

¹ Research Centre for Metrological Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (CIRME), Università degli Studi di Milan, Italy.

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Keywords: analytical performance specifications; internal quality control; traceability.

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How to evaluate fixed clinical QC limits vs. risk-based SQC strategies.
Westgard JO, Bayat H, Westgard SA. Westgard JO, et al. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2022 Jun 14;60(9):e199-e201. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2022-0539. Print 2022 Aug 26. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2022. PMID: 35694816 No abstract available.

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