title: An international quality-assessment program for measurement of aluminum in human plasma: a progress report.
abstract: In view of the increasing interest in measurement of aluminum in plasma of hemodialysis patients and the analytical difficulties, which may lead to false clinical interpretations, we organized an international interlaboratory quality-control program that has operated since 1983. The results obtained after four years (72 participants) demonstrate a lessened discrepancy of the results. This program allowed some laboratories to improve their results and even to solve some of their analytical problems. This surveillance will be continued and extended to include the analysis of dialysis fluids.
authors.affiliation: Centre de dosage des éléments-traces, Hôpital Jean Bernard, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Guillard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pineau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baruthio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arnaud
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control; D012016:Reference Values; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D000535:Aluminum