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Laboratory diagnosis of the rare anaemias: external quality assessment benefits patient care

Thalassemia Reports, 2013
Since its introduction in the 1960s, external quality assessment has developed to become an essential component of the quality management system of the diagnostic laboratory.
Barbara De La Salle, Andrea Mosca, Renata Paleari, Vasileios Rapanakis, Keith Hyde   +4 more
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Quality assurance for point-of-care testing in Mozambique’s National Health Service

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016
No abstract available.
Patrina Chongo, Nádia Sitoe, Sofia Viegasa, Isabel Pinto, Admiro Macave, Fernando Sitoe, Adolfo Vubila, Nédio Mabunda, Eduardo S. Gudoa, Ilesh V. Jani   +9 more
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Impact of implementing a category 1 external quality assurance scheme for monitoring harmonization of clinical laboratories in Spain

Advances in Laboratory Medicine, 2020
The objective of the present study was to examine the evolution of the analytical performance specifications (APS) used in External Quality Assurance (EQA) schemes, as well as the efficacy of a category 1 EQA scheme in monitoring the harmonization of ...
Ricós Carmen, Fernández-Calle Pilar, Marqués Fernando, Minchinela Joana, Salas Ángel, Martínez-Bru Cecília, Boned Beatriz, Gómez-Rioja Rubén, Cortés Marià, González-Lao Elisabet, García-Lario JV, Tejedor-Ganduxé Xavier, Bullich Sandra, Ventura Montse, Simón Margarida, Vilaplana Carlos, González-Tarancón Ricardo, Fernández-Fernández Mª Pilar, Ramón-Bauzá Francisco, Corte Zoraida, Llopis Mª Antonia, Díaz-Garzón Jorge, Perich Carmen   +22 more
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Application of Z-score in retrospective analysis of external quality assessment for nucleic acid testing

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi
[Objective] To use the Z-scores as a means of evaluating the results of external quality assessment (EQA), so as to improve the quality control management in laboratories.
WEI Wei, WEI Ying
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Ten years of external quality assessment (EQA) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing in Europe elucidate high reliability of data

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Confidence in any diagnostic and antimicrobial susceptibility testing data is provided by appropriate and regular quality assurance (QA) procedures. In Europe, the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility Programme (Euro-GASP) has been
Michelle J. Cole, Nerteley Quaye, Susanne Jacobsson, Michaela Day, Elizabeth Fagan, Catherine Ison, Rachel Pitt, Shila Seaton, Neil Woodford, Angelika Stary, Sonja Pleininger, Tania Crucitti, Blaženka Hunjak, Panayiota Maikanti, Steen Hoffmann, Jelena Viktorova, Susanne Buder, Peter Kohl, Eva Tzelepi, Eirini Siatravani, Eszter Balla, Guðrún Svanborg Hauksdóttir, Lisa Rose, Paola Stefanelli, Anna Carannante, Gatis Pakarna, Francesca Mifsud, Rosann Zammit Cassar, Ineke Linde, Thea Bergheim, Martin Steinbakk, Beata Mlynarczyk-Bonikowska, Maria-José Borrego, Jill Shepherd, Peter Pavlik, Samo Jeverica, Julio Vazquez, Raquel Abad, Sabrina Weiss, Gianfranco Spiteri, Magnus Unemo   +40 more
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Evaluating the Relationship Across Physical Activity Domains and Chronic Pain in Adult American Equestrians: A Secondary Analysis

International Journal of Equine Science
Chronic pain (CP) in equestrians may disrupt rider–horse movement patterns, communication, and welfare. Physical activity (PA) is used to manage CP in other populations.
Elisabeth A. Ohrnberger, Kimberly I. Tumlin, Michaela M. Keener   +2 more
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Nghiên cứu xây dựng kho dữ liệu phục vụ hỏi đáp hiện thân đa phương thức

Tạp chí Khoa học và Công nghệ
Hỏi đáp hiện thân (Embodied Question Answering - EQA) là một nhiệm vụ AI mới. Trong đó, một tác nhân được sinh ra tại một vị trí ngẫu nhiên trong môi trường 3D và được đưa ra các câu hỏi tuỳ theo tình huống.
Võ Trung Hùng
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Manufacturing-Driven Insights into Structure, Mechanics, and Permeability of Asymmetric LSCF Membranes via Freeze Casting and Tape Casting

Open Ceramics
The performance of dense membranes is influenced by both material properties and design features, with thinner membranes exhibiting faster transport rates than thicker ones. However, mechanical limitations restrict the use of standalone thin membranes. A
Valdir Pereira Junior, Priscila Lemes, Murilo Daniel de Mello Innocentini, Mara Gabriela Novy Quadri, Dachamir Hotza, Sergio Yesid Gómez González   +5 more
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Interlaboratory consistency of SDC2 promoter methylation detection in colorectal cancer using the post-optimized materials

iScience
Summary: Fecal DNA-based Syndecan 2 (SDC2) methylation detection is a promising non-invasive strategy for early colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. In China, commercial assays for SDC2 methylation detection vary in sensitivity and specificity, yet there ...
Lijing Zhang, Duo Wang, Ziqiang Li, Guigao Lin, Jinming Li, Rui Zhang   +5 more
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Behind the scenes of EQA

External quality assessment (EQA) enhances patient safety through the evaluation of the quality of laboratory-based and point of care testing. Regulatory agencies and accreditation organizations utilize the results and the laboratory’s response to them as part of assessing the laboratory’s fitness to practice.
Buchta, C., Salle, B. de la, Marrington, R., Almonacid, A.A., Albarède, S., Badrick, T., Bullock, D., Cobbaert, C.M., Coucke, W., Delatour, V., Faria, A.P., Geilenkeuser, W.J., Griesmacher, A., Huggett, J.F., Ianovska, V., Kammel, M., Kessler, A., Körmöczi, G.F., Meijer, P., Miranda, A., Patel, D., Pezzati, P., Sandberg, S., Schennach, H., Schweiger, C.R., Schwenoha, K., Spannagl, M., Sung, H., Thelen, M., Weykamp, C., Zeichhardt, H., Restelli, V., Perrone, L.A.   +32 more
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