title: Determination and application of desirable analytical performance goals: the ISO/TC 212 approach.
abstract: Desirable analytical performance goals are needed to place clinical laboratories' quality management plan on a rational basis. While the most important basis of desirable analytical performance goals is medical needs, a well-established quality management plan must take into account economic and regulatory needs. There are many approaches that have been proposed for determining desirable analytical performance goals. The ISO/TC 212 approach for rationalizing the various approaches for determining desirable analytical performance goals, which is based on the ability to meet medical needs, is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, New York University, New York 10016, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control