Interlaboratory analytical comparison of fatty acid concentrations in serum or plasma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are a large number of clinical studies focusing on the measurement of individual fatty acids in serum or plasma; however, few studies have focused on the interlaboratory comparisons of these measurements. The National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH-ODS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has initiated a quality assurance program for assessing and improving the comparability of individual fatty acid measurements in serum and plasma.

Methods

This is a performance-based study so participants are encouraged to use their laboratory's methods for the quantification of the individual fatty acids that they typically measure in the unknown

SUBMITTER: Schantz MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5201108 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature