PATH 205.3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Clinical Pathology, Anatomical Pathology, Clinical Chemistry
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Specialty training in laboratory medicine: anatomical pathology, general pathology, hematological pathology, medical biochemistry, medical microbiology, neuropathology. Clinical pathology: clinical chemistry = the biochemistry of body constituents, hematology = the study of blood in health and disease, immunohematology = blood banking and transfusion, microbiology = bacteria and viruses in disease. Is in search for truth: need appropriate testing tests that are accurate, precise, quality controlled and quality assu(cid:396)ed (cid:894)to see (cid:449)hat(cid:859)s going on(cid:895) Precision = the values obtained on repetitive measurements. Precision reflects: the reproducibility of a given analysis, how well the analysis is done when repeated many times. If the analyses are done very carefully, the precision will be high. If the analyses are done carelessly, the precision will be low. Accuracy = the extent to which measurements approach the true value. Relationship of (cid:396)esult o(cid:271)tained to (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:272)t o(cid:396) (cid:862)t(cid:396)ue(cid:863) (cid:448)alue. Gaussian distribution how data collected may be arranged.
