You Have Received Your Proficiency Test Results from the Accrediting

question 11

Multiple Choice

You have received your proficiency test results from the accrediting agency and note that your creatinine result was unacceptable at greater than 2 SDI from the group mean.The value that was entered on your survey report form was 15 mg/dL.The group method mean was 1.3 mg/dL with a method standard deviation of 0.3 mg/dL.You realize that your laboratory made an error in entering the result.If you had entered 2.0 mg/dL as the result on your survey report,would the recalculated SDI now be in agreement with the rest of the laboratories in the testing program?

• A) Yes
• B) No
• C) Cannot determine from information given

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