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NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Winter and Summer 2017 Comparability Studies: Results for Round Robins LXXXI and LXXXII Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum

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Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure fat-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in human serum and plasma. This report describes the design of and results for the Winter and Summer 2017 MMQAP measurement comparability improvement studies: 1) Round Robin LXXXI Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum (RR81) and 2) Round Robin LXXXII Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum (RR82). To avoid increasing participation fees, the overhead costs for these programs were minimized by shipping the materials for both studies in the same package in February 2017. Participants were requested not to analyze the Summer samples before June 5, 2017 but to provide their measurement results by September 4, 2017. Participants were reminded of the due-date by e-mail in early August 2017.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7880-48
Report Number
7880-48
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Human Serum, Retinol, alpha-Tocopherol, gamma-Tocopherol, Total and Trans-beta-Carotene
Biomaterials, Clinical diagnostics, Food and nutrition, Manufacturing quality assurance and Assessment tools and services

Citation

Brown, J. and Duewer, D. (2018), NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Winter and Summer 2017 Comparability Studies: Results for Round Robins LXXXI and LXXXII Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7880-48 (Accessed October 4, 2025)

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Created January 10, 2018, Updated November 10, 2018
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