Emerging Technologies

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Chair

István Juhos

 

Scope

The main objectives of the Working Group on Emerging Technologies are to identify and evaluate technologies that advance external quality assessment (EQA) and education in laboratory medicine, foster collaboration and data-sharing among EQALM members, support the harmonised adoption of digital, AI, and big-data solutions, and produce and disseminate scientific outputs that drive continuous improvement in EQA and related education.

 

Terms of reference

 

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Terms of reference

 

Documents

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Albe X, Juhos I, Albarede S, De la Salle B, Geilenkeuser WJ, Menezes ME, Sárkány E, Vives-Corrons JL: Digital Blood Smear Analysis EQA Scheme Guidelines. Poster. EQALM Symposium. 2021.
Strategic plan and action plan for 2016 (04.2016)

 

Publications

  • Behind the scenes of EQA – characteristics, capabilities, benefits and assets of external quality assessment (EQA), Part III – EQA samples
    • Buchta C et al. CCLM 2025, Link
    • Providers of external quality assessment (EQA) programs evaluate data or information obtained and reported by participant laboratories using their routine procedures to examine properties or measurands in samples provided for this purpose. EQA samples must offer participants an equal chance to obtain accurate results, while being designed to provide results in clinically relevant ranges. It is the responsibility of the EQA provider to meet the necessary requirements for homogeneity, stability and some other properties of the EQA items in order to offer participants a fair, reliable and technically interesting EQA experience. Thus, the samples are at the heart and in the centre of EQA and its success depends on their quality. This manuscript describes the requirements for EQA samples and the activities of EQA providers to achieve them.
  • Digital Blood Smear Analysis EQA Scheme Guidelines (pdf)
    • Albe X, Juhos I, Albarede S, De la Salle B, Geilenkeuser WJ, Menezes ME, Sárkány E, Vives-Corrons JL: Digital Blood Smear Analysis EQA Scheme Guidelines. Poster. EQALM Symposium. 2021. Link