Editors
JAMES O. WESTGARD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin; Westgard QC, Inc, Madison, Wisconsin
DAVID ARMBRUSTER, PhD, DABCC, FACB
Director, Clinical Chemistry, Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park, Illinois
STEN A. WESTGARD, MS
Director, Client Services and Technology, Westgard QC, Inc, Madison, Wisconsin
Authors
VIRTUDES ÁLVAREZ, MD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
ADA AITA, Biol Sci
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
DAVID ARMBRUSTER, PhD, DABCC, FACB
Director, Clinical Chemistry, Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park, Illinois
CARMEN BIOSCA, PhD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
RAQUEL BLAZQUEZ, MD
Programa de Supervisión Externa de la Calidad y Comisión de Garantía de Calidad del Laboratorio Clínico, Spanish Association of Pharmaceutical Analists (AEFA), Madrid, Spain
BEATRIZ BONED, MD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
FERNANDO CAVA, MD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
NAVAPUN CHARURUKS, MD, FRCPath (Thailand)
Laboratory Department, Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
ZORAIDA CORTE, PhD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
JORGE DÍAZ-GARZÓN, MD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
EMMA ENGLISH, PhD
Lecturer in Health Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
PILAR FERNÁNDEZ-CALLE, PhD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
PILAR FERNÁNDEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, MD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
JOSÉ VICENTE GARCÍA-LARIO, MD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
ELISABET GONZÁLEZ, MD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
HAROLD H. HARRISON, MD, PhD, FACB, FCAP
Director of Clinical Pathology, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania
GERALD A. HOELTGE, MD, FCAP
Checklist Commissioner, College of American Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois
JAMUNA JAIRAMAN, BSc, MPH
Senior Manager, Allied Health Support, Pathology Laboratory Department, Sunway Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia
JAY B. JONES, PhD, D(ABCC), FACB
Director (Ret.), Clinical Chemistry, Geisinger Regional Laboratories, Danville, Pennsylvania
JOSEP M. JOU, MD
Comité de Estandarización. Spanish Society of Hematology and Hemotherapy (SEHH), Madrid, Spain
ERNA LENTERS-WESTRA, PhD
HbA1c Researcher, European Reference Laboratory for Glycohemoglobin, Clinical Chemistry Department, Isala, Zwolle, The Netherlands
LEE SUAN LI, BSc
Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist, Pathology Laboratory Department, Sunway Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia
JOSEPH LITTEN, PhD
Corporate Technical and Development Manager, Laboratory, Valley Health, Winchester, Virginia
JOANA MINCHINELA, MD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
JORGE MORANCHO, MD
Programa de Supervisión Externa de la Calidad y Comisión de Garantía de Calidad del Laboratorio Clínico, Spanish Association of Pharmaceutical Analists (AEFA), Madrid, Spain
CARMEN PERICH, MD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
MARIO PLEBANI, MD
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
ENRIQUE PRADA, MD
Comité de Calidad, Gestión, Seguridad y Evidencia. Spanish Association of Medical Biopathology-Laboratory Medicine (AEBM-LM), Madrid, Spain
FRANCISCO RAMÓN, MD
Comité de Programas Externos de la Calidad, Spanish Society of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
CARMEN RICÓS, PhD
Comité de Programas Externos de la Calidad, Spanish Society of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
ZARINAH SAKIMAN, BSc
Assistant Manager, Pathology Laboratory Department, Sunway Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia
ANGEL SALAS, MD
Comité de Programas Externos de la Calidad, Spanish Society of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
LAURA SCIACOVELLI, Biol Sci
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
MARGARITA SIMÓN, MD
Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQC), Commission of Analytical Quality, Barcelona, Padilla, Spain
ELVAR THEODORSSON, MD, PhD
Professor, Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
JAMES O. WESTGARD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin; Westgard QC, Inc, Madison, Wisconsin
STEN A. WESTGARD, MS
Director, Client Services and Technology, Westgard QC, Inc, Madison, Wisconsin