Applying sigma metrics to assess quality control processes in the transfusion transmissible infection screening laboratory of a blood center

• Sonu Bhatnagar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sonu Bhatnagar, Sten Westgard

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sonu.bhatnagar@abbott.com (SB); westgard@westgard.com (SW)

  Affiliation Transfusion Medicine, Abbott Laboratories, Singapore, Singapore

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3155-5829

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• Sten Westgard ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sonu Bhatnagar, Sten Westgard

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sonu.bhatnagar@abbott.com (SB); westgard@westgard.com (SW)

  Affiliation Westgard QC, Inc., Madison, WI, United States of America

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• Nguyen Thi Thanh Dung ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, National Blood Center, Ha Noi, Vietnam

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• Tran Ngoc Que ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, National Blood Center, Ha Noi, Vietnam

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• Bach Quoc Khanh ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, National Blood Center, Ha Noi, Vietnam

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• Nguyen Ha Thanh

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, National Blood Center, Ha Noi, Vietnam

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