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External Quality Assessment (EQA) for SARS-CoV-2 RNA Point-of-Care Testing in Primary Healthcare Services: Analytical Performance over Seven EQA Cycles

Diagnostics
In April 2020, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander COVID-19 Point-of-Care (POC) Testing Program was initiated to improve access to rapid molecular-based SARS-CoV-2 detection in First Nations communities.
Susan J. Matthews, Kelcie Miller, Kelly Andrewartha, Melisa Milic, Deane Byers, Peter Santosa, Alexa Kaufer, Kirsty Smith, Louise M. Causer, Belinda Hengel, Ineka Gow, Tanya Applegate, William D. Rawlinson, Rebecca Guy, Mark Shephard   +14 more
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EQA from an Australian perspective.

The Clinical biochemist. Reviews, 2010
Enrolment in external quality assurance programs is part of the accreditation process for medical laboratories in Australia, with the majority of Australian laboratories being enrolled in programs from RCPA Quality Assurance Programs Pty Limited, a company owned by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. An important feature of these programs
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Reference materials and external quality assessment for liquid biopsy assays: Expert opinions from the European Liquid Biopsy Society ctDNA workshop

Cancer Treatment and Research Communications
The European Liquid Biopsy Society (ELBS) ctDNA Workshop in 2023 brought together 44 experts from various disciplines to discuss the current status and future needs for reference materials and external quality assessment (EQA) in cancer liquid biopsy ...
Zandra C. Deans, Jennifer Fairley, Simon J. Patton, Claudia Koch, Rodrigo A. Toledo, Klaus Pantel, Patrizio Giacomini, Ed Schuuring, Ellen Heitzer, Simon A. Joosse   +9 more
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The first preanalytical EQA program in Croatia

, 2015
Abstract of the invited lectures at the Congress Labquality days in 2015. First results of External Quality Assessment Scheme in Croatia for pre-analitical phase of laboratory process.
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Behind the scenes of EQA-characteristics, capabilities, benefits and assets of external quality assessment (EQA)

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
The main stakeholders in external quality assessment (EQA) programs are the participants, in whose interests these challenges are ultimately organised. EQA schemes in the medical field contribute to improving the quality of patient care by evaluating the analytical and diagnostic quality of laboratory and point-of-care tests (POCT) by independent third
Buchta, Christoph, De La Salle, Barbara, Marrington, Rachel, Albarède, Stéphanie, Badrick, Tony, Bicker, Wolfgang, Bietenbeck, Andreas, Bullock, David, Delatour, Vincent, Dequeker, Elisabeth, Flasch, Mira, Geilenkeuser, Wolf Jochen, Van Hellemond, Jaap, Huggett, Jim F., Ianovska, Viktoriia, Kaiser, Patricia, Kammel, Martin, Kessler, Anja, Laudus, Nele, Luppa, Peter B., Morandi, Pierre Alain, O'connor, Gavin, Panteghini, Mauro, Pezzati, Paola, Rosendahl, Jennifer, Sandberg, Sverre, Scheiblauer, Heinrich, Skitek, Milan, Spannagl, Michael, Stavelin, Anne, Thelen, Marc, Unterberger, Ursula, Zeichhardt, Heinz, Restelli, Veronica, Perrone, Lucy A.   +34 more
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Performance of a quality control center supporting national antimicrobial resistance surveillance. [PDF]

Br J Biomed Sci
Shin DW, Kim H, Park JS, Park KU, Choi MH, Kim D, Jeong SH, Kim HJ, Kim YA, Ahn K, Uh Y, Kwon YJ, Shin JH, Kim SH, Shin JH, Kang HY, Moon DC, Lee SY, Bae S.   +18 more
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Improvements in antimicrobial reporting in Australian and New Zealand laboratories after publication of national guidelines: a follow-up survey from the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs. [PDF]

JAC Antimicrob Resist
Elvy J, Ryan K, Otormin M, Jayawardena M, Graham M.   +4 more
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Insights from the WHO Tricycle-aligned Fleming Fund EQASIA External Quality Assessment (EQA) programme detecting ESBL-, AmpC- and carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli in South and South-East Asia. [PDF]

J Antimicrob Chemother
Al-Mir H, Jeyakumar PZ, Kostyanev T, Khan FA, Rasmussen LB, Emmad M, Abegaz FA, Teixeira Dos Santos P, Kwon SY, Prathan R, Luangtongkum T, Chanchaithong P, Santanirand P, Kamjumpho W, Mogeni OD, Guarnacci T, Holm M, Paveenkittiporn W, Poudyal N, Chuanchuen R, Hendriksen RS.   +20 more
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EQA for general haematology in the United Kingdom.

Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita, 1996
In the United Kingdom the national quality assessment scheme (NEQAS) in haematology organizes regular surveys for blood counts, blood films, reticulocyte counts, cytochemistry, identification of abnormal haemoglobins, HbA2 and HbF quantitation, G6PD screening tests, assays of serum vitamin B12, folate and ferritin.
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Establishing an external quality assurance scheme for the detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi IgM in clinical samples: Strengthening quality control of scrub typhus diagnosis in Indian laboratories. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Ratchagadasse VR, Vasudevan D, Philomenadin FS, Sivakumar H, Devanathan N, Kaur H, Mukhopadhyay L, Dhodapkar R.   +7 more
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