NCCLS eNews - 4 August 2004 (Plain Text Version)

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NCCLS Organizational Name Change Approved
Press Releases
Standards Status
Notice of Vote and Comment Deadline for Consensus Documents
Recently Approved Documents
Focus on Global Terminology
Seeking Input and Volunteer Participation - Call for Nominations
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Meeting Calendar
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Recently Approved Documents

Bone Markers (C48-A); Point-of-Care Monitoring of Anticoagulation Therapy (H49-A)

NCCLS is pleased to announce that the following documents have been approved by the Board of Directors for publication. See the text following this list for information on options for member and nonmember organizations to obtain copies.

C48-A — Application of Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover in the Assessment and Monitoring of Bone Diseases; Approved Guideline
This guideline provides information on how biochemical markers of bone turnover can be applied to facilitate and harmonize data interpretation and to help answer clinical questions in the area of bone diseases.

H49-A — Point-of-Care Monitoring of Anticoagulation Therapy; Approved Guideline
This document provides guidance to users and manufacturers of point-of-care coagulation devices for monitoring heparin and warfarin anticoagulant therapy, and to ensure reliable results comparable to those obtained by routine clinical laboratory testing.

-Second Notice-

AUTO7-A — Laboratory Automation: Data Content for Specimen Identification; Approved Standard
This document provides specifications for the content of linear bar codes on specimen container tubes in the clinical laboratory and for use on laboratory automation systems.

H4-A5 — Procedures and Devices for the Collection of Diagnostic Capillary Blood Specimens; Approved Standard—Fifth Edition
This document provides a technique for the collection of diagnostic capillary blood specimens, including recommendations for collection sites and specimen handling and identification. Specifications for disposable devices used to collect, process, and transfer diagnostic capillary blood specimens are also included.

M22-A3 — Quality Control for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media; Approved Standard—Third Edition
This document contains quality assurance procedures for manufacturers and users of prepared, ready-to-use microbiological culture media.

The NCCLS procedures have been designed to ensure that consensus has been achieved when a standard or guideline is published at the approved level. This means that a document has been rigorously reviewed by the authoring subcommittee, the area committee overseeing the project, the Board of Directors, and the medical-testing community which participates in the consensus process by carefully reviewing and commenting on the standard or guideline. The listed approved consensus documents are available for purchase.

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