Hawkins, RobertBadrick, TonyHickman, Peter2015-12-070009-8981http://hdl.handle.net/1885/22541Background: 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 usedKeywords: 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 figures200710.1016/j.cca.2006.06.0082015-12-07