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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Quick Links for What's New QC Past, Present and Future QC Reality Check, Part Five Normalization of Deviance Identifying Failure Modes   On the Blog Error Rates at the POC Error Rates in an Indian Clinical Laboratory Rejection rates in 6 Thai Laboratories Glucose meter vs. Lab result: What would you do? Your data - Our Help Back to School Save $25 off the cost of any of the following online courses: Basic QC Practices, Basic Method Validation, Introduction to Risk Analysis, and/or Risk Analysis Guidelines when you order at the online store at westgard.com, using the coupon code BACKTOSCHOOL  [fine print: one coupon per customer, per order, cannot be combined with other offers, online store only. Ends October 5th, 2011] Books Six Sigma QC Design and Control, 2nd Edition Spanish Translation Basic QC Practices, Third Edition AACC Press offers Spanish Translation Is this new Basic Book Better? Couldn't attend the Westgard Workshops this year? Schedule a private workshop of your own Try online training at your own pace at your own place Risk Analysis Guidelines Purchase Westgard reference manuals:   QC Past, Present and Future At the 2011 AACC/ASCLS convention, the Bio-Rad industry workshop featured Dr. Westgard, who reviewed the history of quality control in laboratories, as well as its present problems and possible futures. Where have we been, Where are we now, and Where are we going with QC? QC Reality Check, Part Five Dr. Dietmar Stockl continues his series on quality control. This article discusses the need for stability and its relationship to the quality requirement. How stable should my laboratory test be? Normalization of Deviance Back in 1996, Diane Vaughan coined the term "Normalization of Deviance" to describe how NASA and its contractors rationalized their way into the disastrous decision to launch the Challenger space shuttle in 1986. Decades later, this safety concept still applies - and is very germane to our current QC practices in the laboratory. Have deviations in testing and QC become too normal? Risk Analysis: Identifying Failure Modes An essential part of Risk Analysis is figuring What Can Go Wrong - in other words, the failure modes of a process. So you've assembled your team, chosen your process, diagrammed the process - now what? Here's a guide to identifying failure modes and graphically summarizing them in a fishbone diagram. [book excerpt/preview] What are my risks in laboratory testing processes? Advertisement Quality in the Spotlight Conference, Antwerp, Belgium, March 29-30, 2012 Contact WQC about advertising on Westgard Web You are receiving this mail because of one of the following reasons: You visited our website and downloaded one of our chapters, demos, or spreadsheets. You purchased a product, enrolled in an online course, or attended a workshop. You visited our exhibition booth at the annual clinical laboratory exposition. You specifically requested to be added to the list. Unsubscribe aomani@ksu.edu.sa from this list. Our mailing address is: Westgard QC, Inc. 7614 Gray Fox Trail Madison, WI 53717 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2009 Westgard QC, Inc. All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile