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What is Six Sigma and how does it apply to control materials?
10 Dec 2019Six Sigma is a well-known quality management approach that uses multiple tools to achieve the goal of reducing errors and defects in any process. Six Sigma began in companies like General Electric and Motorola, but has spread to service sectors and even to healthcare institutions and the clinical laboratory.
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Clinical ChemistryBiochemistry (or clinical chemistry) involves the analysis of bodily fluids using chemical tests. Techniques used include HPLC, chromatography, spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, immunochemical, electrophoresis, turbidometric / spectrophotometric assay, MRI and ISE analysis. Tests are often carried out on plasma or serum but urine (urinalysis) and fecal specimens are also processed.Quality ControlQuality control is needed in all production processes. Quality control is a monitoring procedure or set of procedures that are put in place to ensure that a manufactured product adheres to a defined set of quality criteria.