Quality Control in Clinical Chemistry

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword / Anido, G. / Kampen, E.J. van / Rosalki, S.B. / Rubin, M. -- Opening Session Welcome by the Chairman / Rosalki, S.B. -- Introduction / Bürgi, W. -- Award Lectures -- Topic I: Quality Control in Relation to Determination Methods -- Considerations on Bilirubin Determination / Ceriotti, G. -- Comparison between Determination Methods / Havelec, L. -- Interlaboratory Quality Control using the Daily Means of Patients'Results / Leclercq, R. -- Discussion -- Topic II: Quality Control in Relation to Determination Materials, Standards and Controls -- Evaluation of Some Determination Materials used in the Scandinavian Recommended Methods (S.C.E.) for Determination of Four Enzymes in Blood and the Performance of Control Materials with these Methods / Gerhardt, W. -- The Control of Error and Use of Standardized Reference Samples in Estimation of the True Biological Normal Range / Hyvärinen, A. -- Studies on Alkaline Phosphatases of Different Origin, with an External Quality Control Scheme / Jansen, A.P. -- Evaluation of Several Commercial Controls. Correlation between them / Martinez, A. -- Interlaboratory Comparison of Both Accuracy and Precision by a Two-Sample Method / Zender, R. / Linder, A. -- The World Health Organization-Center for Disease Control Lipid Standardization Program / Cooper, G.R. -- Discussion -- Topic III: Quality Control in Relation to Data Evaluation, Processing and Presentation -- The Determination of Assigned Values for Control Specimens / Stamm, D. -- The Role of External Quality Control Schemes in Improving the Quality of Laboratory Results / Whitehead, T.P. / Browning, D.M. / Gregory, A. -- Computerized Techniques for Quality Control in the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory / Solberg, H.E. -- Systems Analysis of Analytical Procedures as a Means of Improving their Performance / Aronsson, T. / Verdier, C.-H. de / Groth, T. -- Discussion of the Options followed in Processing Quality Control Data / Bailly, M. -- Discussion -- Richterich Memorial Lecture -- Introduction by Prof. H. Aebi / Rosalki, S. -- Seeking the Way / Rosalki, S.B. -- Presentation of Richterich Memorial Medal / Aebi, H. -- NAD - NADH - NADP - NADPH Characterization and Purity Assurance -- Plenary Lectures -- Quality Requirements for ß-NADH and ß-NAD / Gerhardt, W. / Kofoed, G. -- Studies on the Purity and Storage of NADH / Härkönen, M. / Hänninen, V. / Adlercreutz, H. -- Free Communications -- The Molar Absorption Coefficient (e) of Reduced NAD (NADH) / Bowers, G.N. / McComb, R.B. / Bond, L.W. / Keech, R.C. / Burnett, R.W. -- The Molar Absorption Coefficients of ß-Nicotinamide- Adenine Dinucleotide / Haid, E. / Lehmann, P. / Ziegenhorn, J. -- Stability of ADH-containing Reagent for the Determination of Transaminases on the Greiner Selective Analyzer GSAII / Küffer, H. / Degiampietro, P. -- The Contribution of Spectrophotometric Instrument Month to Month Variability to the Precision of Molar Concentration Measurements using the Molar Absorptivity Constant for NADH / Copeland, B.E. / Hirsch, C.A. / Grisley, D. W. / Doherty, A. / Gough, A. -- NAD Quality Control / Riera, S.Schwartz / Mostaza, C.Pascual / Anguera, E.Canadell / Cardona, M.R.Segura / Canals, A.Tirado / Torrella, A.Casals -- A Convenient Enzyme System for the Evaluation of NADH Preparations / Giegel, J.L. / MacQueen, J. / Anido, G. -- Clinical Studies of a System for the Evaluation of NADH Purity: Part 1 / Rappoport, A.E. / Gennaro, W.D. -- Clinical Studies of a System for the Evaluation of NADH Purity: Part 2 / Henry, J. B. / Sage, G. W. -- Comparison of Mammalian Tissue Extracts and Evaluation of a System for the Detection of Enzyme Inhibitors in NADH Preparations / Rosalki, S.B. -- Temperature Dependence of Difference-Absorption Coefficients of NADH Minus NAD+ and NADPH Minus NADP+ in the Near Ultraviolet / Bücher, Th. / Lusch, G. / Krell, H. -- Discussion -- Hematology Symposium -- Plenary Lectures -- Quality Control and Hematology I /