Quality assurance, protocols, and new technologies

CHAPTER 6

Quality assurance, protocols, and new technologies

Methods of evaluation

Operation testing

Acoustic output testing

Statistical indices

• Positive means the test predicted disease.

• Negative means the test predicted the absence of disease.

• True positive (TP) means test matches gold standard—both are positive for disease.

• True negative (TN) means test matches gold standard—both are negative for disease.

• False positive (FP) means test does not match gold standard—the test says there is disease when there isn’t.

• False negative (FN) means test does not match gold standard—the test says there is no disease when there is.

Jun 15, 2016 | Posted by in GYNECOLOGY | Comments Off on Quality assurance, protocols, and new technologies

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