Application of delta checks in clinical laboratories
10.3760/cma.j.cn114452-20210324-00183
- VernacularTitle:差值校验在临床实验室中的应用
- Author:
Jing ZHU
1
;
Chunyan ZHANG
;
Wei GUO
;
Baishen PAN
Author Information
1. 复旦大学附属中山医院检验科,上海 200032
- Keywords:
Delta checks;
Clinical laboratories;
Quality control projects;
Auto-verification system
- From:
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2022;45(1):77-81
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The delta checks are one of the patient-based quality control options to identify the errors and the significant changes in patients′ condition. Compared with the traditional internal quality control method, the delta checks have the characteristics of real-time monitoring, with no additional detecting cost, thus the delta checks are widely used in clinical laboratories. In addition, the delta checks are also useful in the auto-verification system to screen out the abnormal results for manual verification. This article reviewed the delta checks′ development history, parameters selection, application values in quality control and auto-verification.