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Clinical laboratory science

a set of control rules applied together to quality control results to detect analytical errors while keeping false rejections low.

In clinical laboratory science, Westgard rules refers to a set of control rules applied together to quality control results to detect analytical errors while keeping false rejections low. This meaning comes from Westgard (1981) in Clinical Chemistry.[1]

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Westgard, J. O., Barry, P. L., Hunt, M. R., & Groth, T. (1981). A multi-rule Shewhart chart for quality control in clinical chemistry. Clinical Chemistry, 27(3), 493-501. https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/27.3.493

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