An updated protocol based on CLSI document C37 for preparation of off-the-clot serum from individual units for use alone or to prepare commutable pooled serum reference materials

Manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic medical devices, clinical laboratories, research laboratories and calibration laboratories require commutable reference materials that can be used in the calibration hierarchies of medical laboratory measurement procedures used for human specimens to establish metrological traceability to higher order reference systems. Commutable materials are also useful in external quality assessment surveys. In order to...