Quality management characteristics of mass spectrometry in clinical application / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Most of the clinical mass spectrometry methods are laboratory-developed tests and lack standardization. Therefore, quality management plays a particularly important role. Compared with conventional methods, mass spectrometry methods have specific quality management points and countermeasures. Firstly, the accuracy of standard and method performance verification should be emphasized in the development stage. Secondly, during actual operation, individual review of data such as retention time, internal standard intensity, and ion ratio of samples is necessary. It is also important to analyze the signal-to-noise ratio and internal variability across the batch of samples as a whole. For long-term project management, retrospective analysis and participation in interlaboratory quality evaluation projects are essential.