External quality assurance (EQA) network in South and South-East Asia: experience and results from an international EQA programme in One Health sector reference laboratories.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

External quality assurance (EQA) is an objective tool to assess laboratories' diagnostic performance and their adherence to recognized international standards. External Quality Assessment in Asia (EQASIA) is an EQA network in South and South-East Asia established in 2020 with the aim of improving the quality of bacteriology diagnostics across all One Health sectors in the region. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of the EQA results collected from the EQASIA network and to assess improvements among the participating laboratories.

Methods

Six EQA rounds were conducted between 2021 and 2023, each composed of different panels of WHO Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) and The Food and Agriculture Organization

SUBMITTER: Kostyanev T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11962387 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature