Bucharest, Romania, 10-11 October, 2013
Harmonization of laboratory testing: Necessity of EQAS
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Topic | Speaker |
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Session 1: How to assess the participants – possibilities for harmonization? | |
Scoring systems quantitative schemes – what are the different principles? | Frank Baumeister |
Scoring systems for qualitative schemes – response to a questionnaire | Vivienne James |
Session 2: Harmonization of reference intervals: contribution of EQA schemes | |
How to harmonize reference intervals – role of EQA | Richard Jones |
Harmonisation of reference intervals: Contribution of EQA Schemes | Finlay MacKenzie |
Session 3: Basics of the EQAS surveys: control materials | |
Commutability of control material: How should we examine it | Christa Cobbaert |
Homogeneity of EQA samples – requirements according to ISO/IEC 17043 | Frank Baumeister |
Quality specifications for control materials | Inger Plum |
Session 4: Adam Uldall Lecture | |
The role of EQA providers in the harmonization process: a plea for using native sera in external quality assurance, Newer trends in EQAS – continuous peer-group monitoring of laboratory data | Linda Thienpont, Dietmar Stöckl |
Session 5: Newer trends in EQAS | |
Finding the "Bugs" through EQA | Shan Lloyd |
EQA interpretative scheme | Dina Patel |
ERNDIM Diagnostic Proficiency Testing schemes: challenge for the harmonization of results submission and reporting tools | Christine Saban |
Contributions from Working Group projects | |
Harmonization of CBC reference ranges for European EQAS | Mohamed Rida Soumali/Stéphanie Albarède |
Results, evaluation and education on virtual samples | Istvan Juhos |
Abstracts | |
Multisite evaluation of a new five-part differential control material for haematology | Eva Ajzner |
External Quality Assessment scheme for calprotectin the need for harmonization | Gunnar Nordin (Marie Lundberg ) |
Collaborative study Brazil-Portugal: validation of HPV lyophilised samples for the control of molecular tests. | Maria Elizabeth Menezes |
Evaluation of Romanian microbiology laboratories for the identification and antibiotic susceptibility of microbiological agents. Survey results of the 2013 External Quality Assessment Scheme | Chifiriuc Mariana Carmen |
Successful harmonisation of haemoglobin units in the UK | Barbara De la Salle |