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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the current statuses of eight hormone tests (testosterone, estradiol, prolactin, progesterone, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, parathyroid hormone, and thyroglobulin) used by clinical laboratories in...
We report here the 2016 results of surveys on an external quality assessment (EQA) for immunohematology testing in Korea carried out in 2016. The proficiency testing specimens were prepared at...
In 2016, external quality assessment trials for urinalysis and faecal occult blood (FOB) were performed with 1,487 participants in Korea. Urine chemistry and FOB tests were performed three and two...
BACKGROUND: Hemolytic specimens contain components that interfere with clinical laboratory results. We evaluated previously published hemolysis indices (HI) and developed an algorithm for differentiating between mechanical hemolysis and immune-mediated hemolysis...
Blood culture is important to detecting bacteremia and fungemia in patients with suspected sepsis. We observed a four-year trend of blood culture isolates in the frequency by age group and...