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  • Understanding your tests
  • Reference Intervals - an Overview
  • Reading your results
  • How samples are collected
  • What to expect when having a blood test
  • Coping with discomfort and anxiety
  • Why identification is important
  • How reliable are pathology tests
    • Accuracy, precision, specificity & sensitivity
    • Quality
    • Reference Intervals and what they mean
    • Laboratory accreditation - the basis for confidence in your result
    • Role of testing
    • Validation, use and interpretation of pathology tests
  • How can you be sure information is trustworthy?
    • Safe web searching
    • Misleading or inappropriate tests
  • Testing outside of the pathology laboratory
  • Choosing Wisely Australia
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