Guidance

SMI Q 1: Commercial and in-house diagnostic tests: evaluations and validations

UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations Q 1: Commercial and in-house diagnostic tests: evaluations and validations.

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Q 1i4.3 February 2014: under review

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Q 1i4.3 February 2014: under review

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Under review

The last full scientific review of this document was completed on 31 January 2007.

Regarding; ‘1.7 Calculation of Sensitivity and Specificity’ on page 9 of this SMI.

The link to the calculator that works out the Positive predictive value (PPV) and Negative predictive value (NPV) is a resource that is not currently available.

• Published: 10 February 2014

• From: Public Health England
• Part of: Standards for microbiology investigations (SMI)