King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital of Thailand joins the Sigma Verification of Performance Program

Sigma Verification of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital

Verification: January 15th, 2021
Duration of Verification: January 1st, 2021 through February 28th, 2022

 In 2021, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital joined the Westgard Sigma Verification of Performance Program.

From their website:

 "King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and the Thai Red Cross Society have served for over 100 years to improve wellness for Thai people, working through experienced, multidisciplinary teams. As part of this organization, the Department of Laboratory Medicine has unlimited ambition to prevent illnesses while providing patients and other service recipients with state-of-the-art instruments and techniques along with the best medical services. Recognizing the continuous growth in the world of healthcare, we are constantly working towards better qualities in our medical service regarding good diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, prognosis and prevention with approximately five million tests a year meeting medical standard at both regional and international levels."

Summary of Analyte Performance

Instrument performance in Chemistry and Urine were verified.

Chemistry  or Urine Assay	Verified on AC02208
Albumin	Six Sigma
Alkaline Phosphatase	Six Sigma
ALT	Six Sigma
Amylase	Six Sigma
AST	Six Sigma
Bilirubin, Direct	Six Sigma
Bilirubin, Total	Six Sigma
Calcium	Six Sigma
Chloride	Six Sigma
Cholesterol	Six Sigma
CO2	Six Sigma
Creatinine Kinase (CK)	Six Sigma
Creatinine	Six Sigma
GGT	Six Sigma
Glucose	Six Sigma
Haptoglobin	Six Sigma
Hemoglobin A1C	Six Sigma
HDL	Six Sigma
Lactate	Six Sigma
LDL	Six Sigma
Magnesium	Six Sigma
Microalbumin	Six Sigma
Phosphorous	Six Sigma
Potassium	Six Sigma
Protein, Total	Six Sigma
Sodium	Five Sigma
Triglycerides	Six Sigma
Urea Nitrogen	Five Sigma
Uric Acid	Six Sigma
Calcium, U	Six Sigma
Chloride, U	Six Sigma
Creatinine, U	Six Sigma
Phosphorous, U	Six Sigma
Potassium, U	Six Sigma
Protein, U	Six Sigma
Sodium, U	Six Sigma
Urea N, U	Six Sigma
Uric, U	Six Sigma

  Six Sigma: World Class Quality. Possible to use 3s to 3.5s limits and a minimum of controls

Five Sigma: Excellent Quality. Possible to use 3s limits or a 1:3s/2:2s/R:4s Westgard Rule

Four Sigma: Good Quality. Possible to use 1:3s/2:2s/R:4s/4:1s Westgard Rule

 Visual Summary of Performance of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Lab

 

 

 Congratulations again to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and their staff.