Correlation Sample Requests

All CLIA certified laboratories are required to "demonstrate that prior to reporting patient tests results, it can obtain the performance specifications for accuracy, precision, and reportable range of patient test results, comparable to those established by the manufacturer. The laboratory must also verify that the manufacturer’s reference range is appropriate for the laboratory’s patient population."

Many laboratories perform a series of experiments designed to estimate certain types of analytical errors, e.g., a linearity experiment to determine reportable range, a replication experiment to estimate imprecision or random error, a comparison of methods experiment to estimate inaccuracy or systematic error, or interference and recovery experiments to specifically estimate constant and proportional systematic errors (analytical specificity), and a detection limit experiment to characterize analytical sensitivity.

"No matter how well a product, process or method performs elsewhere, hospital laboratories need to confirm that the equipment, test or methodology is valid when applied in their laboratory," said Dawn Goertz, PAML R&D technologist. "PAML is committed to helping our clients with their method validation studies by providing them with samples and technical support."

PAML assists hospital clients with their method validation studies by providing:

routine, special and rare samples for testing
advice and remote troubleshooting, when possible.

There is a nominal fee to cover retrieval, shipping and handling. Please fill in the request form below. Samples generally will be shipped within two weeks. Some low volume tests may take up to a month to fill the order.

Client Name: *
Address: *
City, State, ZIP: *
Requestor: *
Phone Number: *
E-Mail: *

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Note: Samples are sent by a service that will get them to you overnight. If you need more than five tests, submit an additional request. PAML normally sends Samples with values throughout the dynamic range of the assay. If you need a specified number of samples in different ranges, repeat the test name under Test # 1, Test # 2,ets. and specify the number and range of values in the appropriate boxes.