Thanks
As in:
BMJ. 2001 Sep 29;323(7315):705-6.
Wrong biochemistry results.
Ismail AA, Barth JH.
http://www.bmj.com/content/323/7315/705.full
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Jonathan
On 5 Oct 2011, at 16:05, Wilmot, Rachel wrote:
> I believe the 40,000 false pos or neg results Adel was referring to was
> those arising from interference in immunological based testing only; the
> quote was a little out of context on its own.
>
> Rachel
>
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> Subject: Re: Blood tests can often be wrong...
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> This sounds far too low to me.
>
> 1 How many investigations do we think are done each year in the UK?
>
> 2 Shall we include errors at the clinical end eg selection and
> interpretation?
>
> Once those are answered I think we can calculate some large number using
> Plebani's studies.
>
> Jonathan
>
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>
>
> On 5 Oct 2011, at 15:14, Coward, Steve wrote:
>
>> "Blood tests can often be wrong, with up to 40,000 tests every year in
> the UK giving a false positive or negative resulting in unnecessary
> treatment or misdiagnosis"
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/04/angel-of-death-murder-case-new-
> evidence?INTCMP=SRCH
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>> Regards,
>>
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>>
>> Steve
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