title: The National Reference System for Cholesterol.
abstract: The NRS/CHOL is a reality that is progressively becoming the way in which accuracy of cholesterol results is being ensured. Proof of traceability to NRS/CHOL within each segment of the clinical laboratory, now an expectation, will soon be the norm that makes a sound conceptual reference system into an everyday reality that reaches into the many thousands of working sites that measure cholesterol in serum on patient samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Vanderlinde
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Bowers
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D012015:Reference Standards; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol