Secondly, we used the quality assessment criteria and the quality assurance scores of the National Guideline Program of the Italian Institute of Health [ 6].
We used the quality assessment criteria and the quality assurance scores of the National Guideline Program of the Italian Institute of Health [ 16] and we performed a qualitative assessment of guidelines applicability to our regional context.
Personal air monitoring data were given a quality assurance (QA) score (0 3) for flow rate, flow time, and completeness of documentation (Kinney et al. 2002).
Potential outlier arrays were removed by considering the bead-level quality assurance (QA) scores derived using the control probes on each array and the remaining samples were quantile normalized.
For the purpose of ongoing quality assurance, data were scored using the PhenX protocol.
A total of 145 (15%) samples had inadequate tumour (<0.5-mm length on an adjacent H&E section) and a further 83 (8%) failed CCP score quality assurance (Supplementary Figure S1).
The NRSS is also used in the Free State Province for quality assurance purposes and no score lower than 56% was found in a recent site visit by the first author to one of these hospitals.
Topics for the meeting: Beef Quality Assurance Certification, Body Condition Scoring of Cattle, How to Choose the Right Bull, Cattle Health.
The next EORTC "boost" trial 22881/10882 paid special attention to quality assurance, fibrosis and cosmetic scoring.
An experienced histopathologist with a subspecialist interest in genitourinary pathology, including participation in the UK national prostate histopathology external quality assurance scheme, assigned Gleason scores to areas of malignancy identified within the H&E sections.
