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Over-reporting significant figures-a significant problem?

Date

Authors

Hawkins, Robert

Badrick, Tony

Hickman, Peter

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Background: Excessive use of significant figures in numerical data gives a spurious impression of laboratory imprecision to clinicians. We describe reporting practices in 24 Asia-Pacific laboratories, assess whether these reporting formats and those used

Keywords

Keywords: creatinine; ferritin; sodium; thyrotropin; analytical error; article; Asia; blood analysis; blood level; consensus; creatinine blood level; ferritin blood level; health program; laboratory; laboratory test; performance measurement system; priority journal Imprecision; Quality assurance; Significant figures

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/22541

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Clinica Chimica Acta

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.cca.2006.06.008

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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