title: Planning and instituting new tests in the clinical laboratory.
abstract: The laboratory director will eventually face the problem of introducing a new test method. A whole spectrum of decisions must be made depending on the degree of novelty and complexity of the new test. The statistical comparison studies discussed in this article are generally applicable for all tests reported in a quantitative manner.
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013223:Statistics as Topic