External quality assurance program for diagnostic complement laboratories: evaluation of the results of the past seven years.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The complement external quality assurance (EQA) program was first organized in 2010 by a group of researchers working in diagnostic complement laboratories. Starting in 2016, INSTAND e.V., a German, non-profit interdisciplinary scientific medical society dedicated to providing expert EQA programs for medical laboratories, started organizing the EQAs for complement diagnostic laboratories together with the same group of experienced scientists and doctors who also work as EQA experts. The aim of the current work is to provide descriptive analysis of the past seven years' complement EQA results and evaluate timeline changes in proficiency testing.

Methods

Each year, in March and October, blinded samples (normal, pathological) were sent to the participating diagnost

SUBMITTER: Kirschfink M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11002221 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature