Selecting multi-rule quality control procedures based on patient risk

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AbstractBackground:Traditionally, statistical quality control (SQC) planning is aimed at preventing the error rate from exceeding a pre-defined acceptable rate (Westgard JO. Basic QC Practices, 4th ed. Westgard QC, 2016). A pivotal characteristic for planning a QC procedure with the traditional approach is the probability of rejecting an analytical run that contains critical size errors (PMethods:We used a statistical model to investigate the relationship between PResults:There is a close relationship between PConclusions:Multi-rule SQC procedures can be used for controlling intermediate and low sigma capability method to attain a low Max E(N