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Quality assurance and sample handling in cerebrospinal fluid investigation

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Clinical chemistry begins and ends with two decisions: a) to take a sample and b) to act according to the result of the analysis. In between a series of events take place; each step involves a certain risk of making mistakes. The art of avoiding such mistakes is called Quality Assurance (QA).

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  1. Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Linköping, S-581 85, Linköping, Sweden

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Öhman, S. (1996). Quality assurance and sample handling in cerebrospinal fluid investigation. In: Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis in Multiple Sclerosis. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2205-8_12

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