Bucharest, Romania, 10-11 October, 2013

Harmonization of laboratory testing: Necessity of EQAS

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TopicSpeaker
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