• What are the criteria for ensuring analytical reliability in clinical laboratory methods?
• Define Quality Control (QC) in clinical laboratory testing.
• What is Quality Assurance (QA) in the context of clinical laboratories?
• Explain the role of internal and external Quality Assessment in clinical laboratories.
• What are reference ranges and how are they established?
• What are individual reference values?
• What are the steps in establishing a reference range?
• What are the advantages of individual reference values?
• What are the criteria for diagnostic reliability of clinical laboratory tests?
• How is diagnostic sensitivity calculated?
• How is diagnostic specificity calculated?
• Why is high diagnostic sensitivity important in certain diseases?
• Why is high diagnostic specificity important in severe, incurable diseases?
• What factors influence laboratory results?
• Give examples of constant, short-term, and long-term factors affecting biological variation.
• What are the mechanisms of drug interference with laboratory results?
• How do physical interferences from drugs affect lab tests?
• How can chemical interferences from drugs affect lab results?