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Profile of Paulo Pereira, PhD

Westgard QC is proud to announce the addition of a contributing editor, Paulo Pereira, PhD

Biographical Information

PPereiraPaulo Pereira received his Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Portugal (Biotechnology, specialization Microbiology)

 Dr. Pereira has been recruited as a quality and laboratory utilization expert for seminars and laboratory professional meeting throughout Europe

  •  22+ years of experience in medical laboratory, having held key scientific leadership roles:
  • 9+ years as medical technician
  • 12+ years as researcher
  • 3+ years as consultant of a metrology laboratory in a national transfusion and transplantation institute based on ISO/IEC 17025 specifications
  • 16+ years as a consultant and auditor of quality management systems and technical requirements (ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 17025, and ISO 15189) in a national transfusion and transplantation institute
  • 9+ years as a quality manager and the national coordinator of a quality management department in a national transfusion and transplantation institute
  • 5+ years as a quality control teacher in the School of Health Technology, Lisbon Polytechnic Institute and the Medical School, Nova University of Lisbon

 Dr. Pereira is the author of several peer-review scientific and technical articles, and indexed book chapters. He serves as both reviewer scientific and technical articles and as a member of Editorial Boards

 Specialties:

  • Expert in quality control of medical laboratory tests: verification, validation, internal quality control, external quality assessment, measurement uncertainty, and reference intervals
  • Successful practice of CLSI protocols
  • Sampling methodologies and statistical quality control applied to the blood components production
  • Blood and plasma screening tests
  • Risk management
  • GLP in medical laboratory and GMP on the manufacture of blood components
  • Successfully leading Quality teams
  • Leading highly effective cross-functional teams through strong leadership skills

About this website

For over 25 years, WESTGARD QC has provided the latest news, education, and tools in the quality control field. Our goal is to bring tools, technology and training into today's healthcare industry — by featuring QC lessons, QC case studies and frequent essays from leaders in the quality control area. This is also a reference source for quality requirements, including CLIA requirements for analytical quality. This website features the best explanation of the Multirule ("Westgard Rules") and how to use them. For laboratory and healthcare professionals looking for educational and reference material in the quality control field.

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