How the Westgard QC Rules Got Their Name: A Personal Recollection

By 1967, the first of the multiple analysis chemistry analyzers, the Technicon SMA™ (Sequential Multiple Analysis), enabled the chemistry laboratory to process a single sample to provide 12 different test results at a rate of 30 samples per hour. [...]I was a frequent visitor to Madison, working through the growing pains of the SMAC system. DOI:10.1373/clinchem.2018.288696 © 2018 American Association for Clinical Chemistry Author Contributions: All authors confirmed they have contributed to the intellectual content of this paper and have met the following 3 requirements: (a) significant contributions to the conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (b) drafting or revising the article for intellectual content; and (c) final approval of the published article.