Design and prototype of an external quality assurance program for urine bicarbonate

This dissertation validates a Beckman-Coulter DxC(R) assay for total bicarbonate in urine and then proceeds to design, prototype and cost an inter-laboratory comparison (ILC) program for the above urine bicarbonate based on the validation. Furthermore, this work serves as a case study for how to establish proficiency testing - and thereby achieve accreditation - for tests without external quality assurance because of analyte instability.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Division of Chemical Pathology

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Benjamin, Ryan

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• King, Jackie
• Berman, Peter

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10080

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10080