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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2014
System and method for spot checking small out-of-control conditions in a clinical diagnostic process
Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Lakshmi Samyukta Kuchipudi, Addison, TX (US);
Curtis Parvin, Mckinney, TX (US);
John Yundt-Pacheco, Fairview, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are a system and method to automatically spot-check for small out-of-control conditions of a clinical diagnostic process. The expected number of unreliable results evaluated since the last good quality control event is estimated by estimating the magnitude of the out-of-control condition, constructing concentration based bias, imprecision, and TEprofiles, and using those parameters to estimate the probability of a specimen result being unreliable. Patient specimens are automatically selected for reevaluation based on their probability of crossing a medical decision limit or having a probability of being unreliable. The system and method determine which reevaluated patient specimens need to be corrected when the results for those specimens have already been reported. Various exemplary embodiments and implementations of the system and method are included.