Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Gidske, Gro"
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Aggregated data from the same laboratories participating in two glucose external quality assessment schemes show that commutability and transfers of values to control materials are decisive for the biases found
Gidske, Gro; Sandberg, Sverre; Fauskanger, Pernille Kjeilen; Pelanti, Jonna; Tollånes, Mette Christophersen; Solsvik, Anne Elisabeth; Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Vie, Wenche Sletbakk; Stavelin, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objectives We report the results of glucose measurements performed during one year by the same measurement procedures (MPs) in 58 Norwegian hospital laboratories using control materials provided by external quality ... -
Handling of hemolyzed serum samples in clinical chemistry laboratories: The Nordic hemolysis project
Gidske, Gro; Aakre, Kristin Moberg; Rustad, Pål; Sandberg, Sverre; Norling, Anna; Pelanti, Jonna; Henriksen, Gitte; Thorsteinsdóttir, Ingunn; Kristensen, Gunn Berit Berge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Hemolysis of blood samples is a pre-analytical challenge that often leads to sample rejection in medical laboratories [1]. Hemolysis occurs when blood cells break down and the intracellular contents leak into the surrounding ... -
A national surveillance program for evaluating new reagent lots in medical laboratories
Solsvik, Anne Elisabeth; Kristoffersen, Ann-Helen; Sandberg, Sverre; Gidske, Gro; Stavelin, Anne; Eikeland, Joakim; Amundsen, Erik Koldberg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives Differences between laboratory results attributable to the use of different reagent lots can potentially affect the diagnosis and monitoring of patients. To minimize patient risks, all laboratories should verify ... -
Point-of-care testing in primary healthcare: a scoring system to determine the frequency of performing internal quality control
Gidske, Gro; Sandberg, Sverre; Fossum, Anne Lise; Binder, Stein Bjarne; Langsjøen, Eva Camilla; Solsvik, Anne E.; Stavelin, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives Internal quality control (IQC) plays an important role in quality assurance in laboratory medicine. However, there is no universal consensus or guideline on when and how IQC should be analyzed on point-of-care ...