Do you know what is the uncertainty of the measurements in a clinical laboratory?

Authors

  • Carmen Xiomara Moré Chang Dirección Municipal de Salud Pública, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Lutgarda Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara
  • Vivian Madrazo Marín Hospital Militar “Comandante Manuel Fajardo Rivero”, Santa Clara

Keywords:

laboratories, techniques, measures, measurement equipment, uncertainty

Abstract

With the peak of the implementation of quality systems in health and to improve the performance of clinical laboratory is evident the need for knowledge of the term "measurement uncertainty" or at least it is needed to reflect on how their estimation is done in quantitative determinations of the clinical laboratory. Today, despite the technological evolution experienced by the clinical laboratory, the estimated uncertainty of the measurements are not routinely calculated, nor is a fundamental tool of medical chore, therefore, the uncertainty obtained adequately represents scientific accuracy and reliability of analytical results. When working with the uncertainty range can be found a likely values ​​ where the true value of an outcome, so that the measurement result is complete only when it is accompanied by a quantitative statement of its uncertainty.

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Moré Chang CX, Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez L, Madrazo Marín V. Do you know what is the uncertainty of the measurements in a clinical laboratory?. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 15];8(1):89-94. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/48

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2014): January-March

Section

Comunications

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