Shenoy Belle Vijetha, Sushma Jogi, Krishnananda Rv Prabhu
{"title":"Assessment of six sigma metrics applications of quality control in clinical biochemistry laboratory","authors":"Shenoy Belle Vijetha, Sushma Jogi, Krishnananda Rv Prabhu","doi":"10.26611/10021136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26611/10021136","url":null,"abstract":"Errors in clinical biochemistry laboratory are mainly due to the poorly designed quality control system. Six sigma is an error detection method which is first implemented by Motorola Company. Sigma stands for standard deviation. This is used whenever an outcome of process has to be measured. A poor outcome means an error or defect. The main objective of this study was to calculate six sigma for chemistry parameters run on Cobas 6000, Roche Diagnostics. After consulting statistician, 14 months Internal Quality Control values and External Quality Assurance System values were extracted for clinical chemistry parameters. Using coefficient of variation, percentage of bias, total allowable error, six sigma were calculated for each parameters. This study showed that following parameters had six sigma above6: total protein, alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, total bilirubin, creatinine, high density cholesterol and triglycerides, six sigma 3-6: albumin, direct bilirubin, urea and total cholesterol and none had sigma values less than 3. To conclude six sigma values for clinical biochemistry laboratory indicates that the maintenance quality of the lab.","PeriodicalId":121008,"journal":{"name":"MedPulse International Journal of Biochemistry","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130157640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A prospective study of serum calcium, uric acid, liver enzymes in pregnancy induced hypertension","authors":"Prasad P. Torkadi, U. P. Dhavale","doi":"10.26611/10021221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26611/10021221","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121008,"journal":{"name":"MedPulse International Journal of Biochemistry","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125353764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A study of fasting insulin level among obese and non-obese patients at tertiary health care centre","authors":"P. A. Khalifullah, N. Ananthi","doi":"10.26611/1002917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26611/1002917","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121008,"journal":{"name":"MedPulse International Journal of Biochemistry","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115530711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of early diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy using spot urine microalbumin in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at a tertiary care center","authors":"M. Ali, M. Rafi","doi":"10.26611/10021232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26611/10021232","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121008,"journal":{"name":"MedPulse International Journal of Biochemistry","volume":"135 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124213924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A study on role of protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation as markers in NIDDM patients","authors":"M. Naidu, K. Sudheer, P. Vegi","doi":"10.26611/10021139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26611/10021139","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121008,"journal":{"name":"MedPulse International Journal of Biochemistry","volume":"600 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116297764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can early evaluation of ‘routinely assayed TSH’ predict the risk of preeclampsia?","authors":"F. RimshaSaleem, Swetha Chandru, Monalisa Biswas","doi":"10.26611/10021133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26611/10021133","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121008,"journal":{"name":"MedPulse International Journal of Biochemistry","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125481956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of lipid profiles in alcoholic and non-alcoholic patients attending a tertiary care hospital","authors":"B. Kishore, Y ChandBashaSk","doi":"10.26611/10021216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26611/10021216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121008,"journal":{"name":"MedPulse International Journal of Biochemistry","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133344528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of lipase/amylase index to distinguish acute episodes of alcoholic from non-alcoholic acute pancreatitis among patients of district government head-quarters hospital in Chittoor","authors":"Y ChandBashaSk, B. Kishore","doi":"10.26611/10021222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26611/10021222","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121008,"journal":{"name":"MedPulse International Journal of Biochemistry","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133179888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative assessment of renal function between type II diabetes mellitus and nondiabetic individuals","authors":"H. Lad, Dilipkumar M Kava","doi":"10.26611/10021132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26611/10021132","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121008,"journal":{"name":"MedPulse International Journal of Biochemistry","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124147129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative assessment of oxidative stress and enzymatic antioxidants in primigravidae pregnant and non-pregnant women","authors":"J. Aggarwal, Niharika Singh, Mayur Kumar","doi":"10.26611/1002927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26611/1002927","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121008,"journal":{"name":"MedPulse International Journal of Biochemistry","volume":"287 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114404098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}