Abstract
Reporting a measurement procedure and its analytical performance following method evaluation in a peer-reviewed journal is an important means for clinical laboratory practitioners to share their findings. It also represents an important source of evidence base to help others make informed decisions about their practice. At present, there are significant variations in the information reported in laboratory medicine journal publications describing the analytical performance of measurement procedures. These variations also challenge authors, readers, reviewers and editors in deciding the quality of a submitted manuscript. The International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Working Group on Method Evaluation Protocols (IFCC WG-MEP) developed a checklist and recommends its adoption to enable a consistent approach to reporting method evaluation and analytical performance characteristics of measurement procedures in laboratory medicine journals. It is envisioned that the LEAP checklist will improve the standardisation of journal publications describing method evaluation and analytical performance characteristics, improving the quality of the evidence base that is relied upon by practitioners.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3-7 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Annals of Clinical Biochemistry |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 15 Oct 2023 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2024 |
Bibliographical note
This article is simultaneously published in multiple journals in the laboratory medicine field (Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Annals of Laboratory Medicine, Annals of Clinical Biochemistry and Scandinavian Journal of Clinical Laboratory Investigations) with permissions of authors and journals in order to support broad adoption of the LEAP checklist.Keywords
- Emerging technology(ies)
- method validation
- method verification