The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB) has developed consensus-based guidelines for... more The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB) has developed consensus-based guidelines for the laboratory evaluation and monitoring of patients with specified disorders for two decades. In 1997, the NACB recognized the need to standardize the process of guideline development and promulgated its first Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for this purpose. In 2010, the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) and NACB created the Evidence-Based Laboratory Medicine Committee (EBLMC). Among other roles, this group was given responsibility to provide oversight of clinical practice guideline development in accordance with SOP guidance and using currently accepted good practices. In 2011, the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) published two reports of relevance: 'Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust' and 'Finding What Works in Health Care - Standards for Systematic Reviews.' These reports were created as part of a response to a legislative mandate from the ...
The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB) has developed consensus-based guidelines for... more The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB) has developed consensus-based guidelines for the laboratory evaluation and monitoring of patients with specified disorders for two decades. In 1997, the NACB recognized the need to standardize the process of guideline development and promulgated its first Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for this purpose. In 2010, the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) and NACB created the Evidence-Based Laboratory Medicine Committee (EBLMC). Among other roles, this group was given responsibility to provide oversight of clinical practice guideline development in accordance with SOP guidance and using currently accepted good practices. In 2011, the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) published two reports of relevance: 'Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust' and 'Finding What Works in Health Care - Standards for Systematic Reviews.' These reports were created as part of a response to a legislative mandate from the ...
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