**Meet the editor**

Dr. Zaman obtained the title of Doctor of Medicine in Biochemistry (MD) from Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh University, India; a Fellowship in Diabetes (FID) from the Royal Liverpool Academy, United Kingdom; a Fellowship in Applied Nutrition (FIAN) from Medvarsity, Apollo Hospitals, India; and a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research (PGDCR) from Symbiosis

International University, India. He has almost 12 years of experience as an Assistant Professor at the King Khalid University and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.

He has experience in quality development and can help any college with the improvement of quality. He is also well accustomed in curriculum designing and is trained in e-learning methods. He has almost 40 research publications (most of them original articles) to his credit, in both national and international journals. Currently, he is also engaged in editing three books for IntechOpen.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Laboratories 1** Gaffar Sarwar Zaman

**Quality Control 9**

Ayed Dera

Irfan Ahmad

**Estimation 67**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: History and Scope of Quality Control in**

Chapter 2 **The Basic Concepts of Quality Control Reference: Interval**

Chapter 3 **Quality Management Systems for Laboratories and External**

Chapter 5 **Systematic Error Detection in Laboratory Medicine 49** Amir Momeni-Boroujeni and Matthew R. Pincus

Chapter 6 **Understanding Quality Control with Urinary Iodine**

Husniza Hussain and Rusidah Selamat

Chapter 7 **Errors in Surgical Pathology Laboratory 89**

Asuero and Julia Martín

Verónica Valdivieso-Gómez and Rocío Aguilar-Quesada

Monique Freire Santana and Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira

**Analytical Assays Including In-House Validation Data 109** Antonio Gustavo González, María Ángeles Herrador, Agustín García

Chapter 8 **A Practical Way to ISO/GUM Measurement Uncertainty for**

**Quality Assurance Programs 21**

Chapter 4 **Implementation of Quality Control 39**

**Studies, Diagnostic Efficiency, and Method Evaluation in**
