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How far can the concepts of traceability and GUM/VIM can be applied to measurement results in laboratory medicine

Antwerp conference consensus statements on the applicability of the concepts metrological traceability, measurement uncertainty, and VIM in laboratory medicine

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  1. Regional Diagnostics Services Center DCT, Postbox 4201, 5004 JE, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    Henk Goldschmidt

  2. Scientific Institute of Public Health - Louis Pasteur, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Claude Libeer

  3. Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), 2440, Geel, Belgium

    Paul De Bièvre & Heinz Schimmel

  4. Klinisk Biokemisk Afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital, 5000, Odense, Denmark

    Per Hyltoft Petersen

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“A CE label for medical laboratory services” was presented at the Antwerp 2003 Conference “Quality in the spotlight”, at the Elzenveld Conference Center in Antwerp, Belgium

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Goldschmidt, H., Libeer, JC., De Bièvre, P. et al. How far can the concepts of traceability and GUM/VIM can be applied to measurement results in laboratory medicine. Accred Qual Assur 9, 125–127 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-003-0725-6

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