title: An inter-laboratory survey of paediatric bilirubin analyses.
abstract: A regional quality control trial of paediatric bilirubin analyses is described. The overall performance of the group was unsatisfactory with an unacceptably high inter-laboratory variation. The use of a common standard produced improvement in performance but it is concluded that the poor performance was also due to methodological problems. This lack of agreement between laboratories is a major problem when patients are transferred between hospitals.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood*; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007753:Laboratories; D011786:Quality Control; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001663:Bilirubin