A term applied to assays or standards that give a result as close to truth as possible. For example, culturing an etiologic agent from an aseptically obtained blood sample is a positive gold standard.
Gold standard
Share / Follow
Recent Blogs
HPV Tests
Helping to allay women's fears about a life-threatening disease
Molecular Diagnostics for Influenza
Making point-of-care diagnosis possible
Rapid Influenza Detection Tests
Helping doctors decide who needs antivirals, and who needs chicken soup
TDM Assays
The net under the safe and effective tightrope