Recognized standard

EP28-A3c (Formerly C28-A3c)

FDA recognition 7-224 · CLSI · InVitro Diagnostics

Key facts

Recognition number 7-224
Designation EP28-A3c (Formerly C28-A3c)
Title Defining, Establishing, and Verifying Reference Intervals in the Clinical Laboratory; Approved Guideline - Third Edition
Standards developer Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute
Specialty area InVitro Diagnostics
Date of entry Jan 30, 2014
Scope (excerpt) This document offers a protocol for determining reference intervals that meet the minimum requirements for reliability and usefulness. The guideline focuses on health-associated reference values as they relate to quantitative clinical laboratory tests. Included are various requirements for studies…

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