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Una Ørvim Sølvik

Associate Professor
Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care
  • E-mailUna.Solvik@uib.no
  • Phone+47 55 58 67 27+47 938 69 427
  • Visitor Address
    Haraldsplass diakonale sykehus, Noklus
    SMU-bygget, Ulriksdal 8
    5009 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7804
    5020 Bergen
Journal articles
  • Bukve, Tone; Sandberg, Sverre; Vie, Wenche S.; Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Christensen, Nina Gade; Stavelin, Anne. 2019. Commutability of a whole-blood external quality assessment material for point-of-care C-reactive protein, glucose, and hemoglobin testing. Clinical Chemistry. 65: 791-797. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.300202
  • Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Løkkebø, Elisabeth Sellevoll; Kristoffersen, Ann-Helen; Brodin, Ellen Elisabeth; Averina, Maria; Sandberg, Sverre. 2019. Quality of Warfarin Therapy and Quality of Life are Improved by Self-Management for Two Years. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1693703
  • Aarsand, Aasne Karine; Díaz-Garzón, Jorge; Fernandez-Calle, Pilar; Guerra, Elena; Locatelli, Massimo; Bartlett, William A.; Sandberg, Sverre; Røraas, Thomas; Ceriotti, Ferruccio; Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Sylte, Marit Sverresdotter; Coşkun, Abdurrahman; Serteser, Mustafa; Unsal, Ibrahim; Tosato, Francesca; Plebani, Mario; Jonker, Niels; Barla, Gerhard; Carobene, Anna. 2018. The EuBIVAS: Within- and between-subject biological variation data for electrolytes, lipids, urea, uric acid, total protein, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, and glucose. Clinical Chemistry. 64: 1380-1393. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.288415
  • Gidske, Gro; Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Sandberg, Sverre; Kristensen, Gunn Berit Berge. 2018. Hemolysis interference studies: Freeze method should be used in the preparation of hemolyzed samples. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 1-3. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2018-0193
  • Risøy, Aslaug Johanne; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide; Sandberg, Sverre; Sølvik, Una Ørvim. 2018. Risk assessment and HbA1c measurement in Norwegian community pharmacies to identify people with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes ? A feasibility study. PLOS ONE. 13:e0191316: 1-13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191316
  • Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Risøy, Aslaug Johanne; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide; Sandberg, Sverre. 2018. Quality control of Norwegian pharmacy HbA1c testing: a modest beginning. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 12: 753-761. doi: 10.1177/1932296818766378
  • Carobene, Anna; Marino, Irene; Coskun, Abdurrahman; Serteser, Mustafa; Unsal, Ibrahim; Guerra, Elena; Bartlett, William A.; Sandberg, Sverre; Aarsand, Aasne Karine; Sylte, Marit Sverresdotter; Røraas, Thomas; Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Fernandez-Calle, Pilar; Díaz-Garzón, Jorge; Tosato, Francesca; Plebani, Mario; Jonker, Niels; Barla, Gerhard; Ceriotti, Ferruccio. 2017. The EuBIVAS project: within- and between-subject biological variation data for serum creatinine using enzymatic and alkaline picrate methods and implications for monitoring. Clinical Chemistry. 63: 1527-1536. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2017.275115
  • Carobene, Anna; Røraas, Thomas; Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Sylte, Marit Sverresdotter; Sandberg, Sverre; Guerra, Elena; Marino, Irene; Jonker, Neils; Barla, Gerhard; Bartlett, William A.; Fernandez-Calle, Pilar; Díaz-Garzón, Jorge; Tosato, Francesca; Plebani, Mario; Coşkun, Abdurrahman; Serteser, Mustafa; Unsal, Ibrahim; Ceriotti, Ferruccio. 2017. Biological variation estimates obtained from 91 healthy study participants for 9 enzymes in serum. Clinical Chemistry. 63: 1141-1150. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2016.269811
  • Løkkebø, Elisabeth Sellevoll; Kristoffersen, Ann-Helen; Stavelin, Anne; Sølvik, Una Ørvim. 2017. Effect of dabigatran treatment at therapeutic levels on point-of-care international normalized ratio (INR). Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 55: e143-e145. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0872
  • Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Bjelkarøy, Wenche Iren; Berg, Kari van den; Saga, Anne Lise; Hager, Helle; Sandberg, Sverre. 2017. Intensive educational efforts combined with external quality assessment improve the preanalytical phase in general practitioner offices and nursing homes. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 55: 1857-1864. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2016-1152
  • Andreassen, Lillan Mo; Granås, Anne Gerd; Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide. 2016. 'I try not to bother the residents too much' - the use of capillary blood glucose measurements in nursing homes. BMC Nursing. 15:7. doi: 10.1186/s12912-016-0129-7
  • Andreassen, Lillan Mo; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide; Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Houghton, Julie; Desborough, James Antony. 2016. The potential for deprescribing in care home residents with Type 2 diabetes. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. 38: 977-984. doi: 10.1007/s11096-016-0323-4
  • Carobene, Anna; Strollo, Marta; Jonker, Neils; Barla, Gerhard; Bartlett, William A.; Sandberg, Sverre; Sylte, Marit Sverresdotter; Røraas, Thomas; Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Fernandez-Calle, Pilar; Diaz-Garzón, Jorge; Tosato, Francesca; Plebani, Mario; Coşku, Abdurrahman; Serteser, Mustafa; Unsal, Ibrahim; Ceriotti, Ferruccio. 2016. Sample collections from healthy volunteers for biological variation estimates' update: A new project undertaken by the Working Group on Biological Variation established by the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 54: 1599-1608. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0035
  • Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Løkkebø, Elisabeth Sellevoll; Kristoffersen, Ann-Helen; Stavelin, Anne; Binder, Stein Bjarne; Sandberg, Sverre. 2015. Egenkontroll av warfarinbehandling. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 135: 849-853. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.14.0768
  • Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Risa, Marianne; Jacobsen, Camilla Eide; Monsen, Grete; Sandberg, Sverre. 2015. Performance of 10 systems for self-monitoring of blood glucose by trained healthcare professionals and in the hands of the users. Clinical Chemistry. 61: 772-774. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2014.236760
  • Andreassen, Lillan Mo; Sandberg, Sverre; Kristensen, Gunn Berit Berge; Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide. 2014. Nursing home patients with diabetes: Prevalence, drug treatment and glycemic control. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 105: 102-109. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.04.012
  • Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Røraas, Thomas; Petersen, Per Hyltoft; Stavelin, Anne; Monsen, Grete; Sandberg, Sverre. 2014. The influence of coagulation factors on the in-treatment biological variation of international normalized ratio for patients on warfarin. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 74: 470-476. doi: 10.3109/00365513.2014.902098
  • Stavelin, Anne; Petersen, Per Hyltoft; Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Sandberg, Sverre. 2013. External quality assessment of point-of-care methods: model for combined assessment of method bias and single-participant performance by the use of native patient samples and noncommutable control materials. Clinical Chemistry. 59: 363-371. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.191957
  • Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Røraas, Thomas Helge; Christensen, Nina Gade; Sandberg, Sverre. 2013. Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus: Performance of Hemoglobin A(1c) Point-of-Care Instruments in General Practice Offices. Clinical Chemistry. 59: 1790-1801. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2013.210781
  • Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Røraas, Thomas Helge; Petersen, Per Hyltoft; Stavelin, Anne; Monsen, Grete; Sandberg, Sverre. 2012. Effect of coagulation factors on discrepancies in International Normalized Ratio results between instruments. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 50: 1611-1620. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2011-0820
  • Sølvik, Una Ørvim; Petersen, Per Hyltoft; Monsen, Grete; Stavelin, Anne; Sandberg, Sverre. 2010. Discrepancies in International Normalized Ratio Results between Instruments: A Model to Split the Variation into Subcomponents. Clinical Chemistry. 56: 1618-1626. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.146233
  • Stavelin, Anne; Petersen, Per Hyltoft; Sølvik, Una Øvrim; Sandberg, Sverre. 2009. Internal quality control of prothrombin time in primary care: comparing the use of patient split samples with lyophilised control materials. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 102: 593-600. doi: 10.1160/TH09-02-0082
  • Stavelin, Anne; Petersen, Per Hyltoft; Sølvik, Una Øvrim; Sandberg, Sverre. 2009. Internal quality control of prothrombin time in primary care: comparing the use of patient split samples with lyophilised control materials. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 102: 593-600. doi: 10.1160/TH09-02-0082
  • Sølvik, Una Øvrim; Stavelin, Anne; Christensen, Nina Gade; Sandberg, Sverre. 2007. Response to Kitchen et al.'s external quality assessment of prothrombin time: The split-sample model compared to external quality assessment with commercial control material. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 67: 676-677. doi: 10.1080/00365510701376433
  • Sølvik, Una Øvrim. 2006. External quality assessment of prothrombin time: the split-sample model compared with external quality assessment with commercial control material. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 66: 337-350.
  • Sølvik, Una Øvrim; Stavelin, Anne; Christensen, Nina Gade; Sandberg, Sverre. 2006. External quality assessment of prothrombin time: The split-sample model compared with external quality assessment with commercial control material. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 66: 337-349. doi: 10.1080/00365510600684580
  • Sølvik, Una Øvrim; Stavelin, Anne; Christensen, Nina Gade; Sandberg, Sverre. 2005. External quality assessments of whole blood prothrombin time: Comparison of two methods. Clinica Chimica Acta. 355.

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Fields of competence 
Laboratory Medicine
Diabetes
INR
Quality control

Research groups