Seeking Expert Opinions and Volunteer Participation – Call for Nominations

NCCLS is seeking subcommittee membership for the following proposed project:

Validate and Implement Secondary Reference Materials

This guideline will provide recommendations on tests or procedures that should  be performed to characterize secondary reference materials in a patient sample  matrix. The document will provide implementation guidelines for established  published procedures, and will describe procedures that have not already been  established.  The document will consist of two parts:

The first part will address material characterization such as linearity, parallelism, commutability, matrix effects, and interferences.  The second part will address issues related to transfer of values from a secondary reference material to an analytical measurement system. 

Requested Expertise: Members should have knowledge and expertise in the characterization of blood- and/or urine-based secondary reference materials and/or  matrix-based calibrators.  Further, knowledge and experience in producing these materials and using them to calibrate clinical testing systems or to assign values to  in-house calibrators is needed.  

This proposed project is undergoing a progressive review process to assess the need and market potential for consensus document development.

Review the objective of the proposed project and the requested volunteer expertise, and:

Submit a nomination:
The deadline to submit the nomination form, including a curriculum vitae and disclosure of interests form, to the NCCLS Executive Offices is 10 January 2005.

Give us your expert opinion on the value of the project: 
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