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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chim Acta. 2015 Mar 26;445:127–132. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2015.03.026

Table 2B.

Statistical criteria of TC certification for clinical laboratory.

Parameter Criterion
r2 >0.975
Bias at 200 mg/dl ≤3%
Bias at 240 mg/dl ≤3%
Average % bias ≤3%
Average absolute % bias ≤3%
Among-run CV ≤3%
t-test of bias Not significant at α = 5%
Within-method outliers 1 allowed
Between-method outliers None allowed, but may eliminate one sample