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| External Quality Assurance | |
The Central Quality Assurance Scheme (CQAS) operating from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham provides an independent, external quality assurance scheme for plasma viscosity. The following table is a very high level summary of the plasma viscosity report and serves only as an example of the comparative information provided by instrument type. The summary data shown is for one month only and should not be interpreted as current. The information is published with kind permission of CQAS. The full data comparison is published monthly and anonymously for participating laboratories only. More information about this independent service can be obtained directly by visiting the CQAS website
Summary of the CQAS plasma viscosity report trial 09/PV11.
| © CQAS | Trial 09/PV111 | Trial 09/PV112 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group Results |
n | Mean mPas |
S.D. |
C.V. |
n |
Mean mPas |
S.D. |
C.V. |
|
Benson BV1 |
9 |
2.103 |
0.034 |
1.603 |
9 |
2.108 |
0.024 |
1.127 |
|
Benson BV200 |
45 |
2.065 |
0.042 |
2.053 |
45 |
2.079 |
0.029 |
1.388 |
|
Coulter II |
2 |
2.065 |
0.078 |
3.767 |
2 |
2.065 |
0.078 |
3.767 |
|
MediRox Visco 30 |
5 |
2.122 |
0.157 |
7.417 |
5 |
2.170 |
0.168 |
7.746 |
|
Visco Lite |
3 |
2.183 |
0.180 |
8.249 |
3 |
2.150 |
0.147 |
6.852 |
|
| Overall Analysis | 65 |
2.084 |
0.079 |
3.770 |
65 |
2.092 |
0.074 |
3.541 |
|