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Behind the Scenes of EQA – Characteristics, Capabilities, Benefits and Assets of External Quality Assessment (EQA): Part II – EQA Cycles

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Abstract 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.
Peter B Luppa, Christoph Buchta, Wim Coucke   +2 more
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External Quality Assessment (EQA) for CoaguChek Monitors

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2010
SummaryAnticoagulant control facilities are being overwhelmed by requests for monitoring and large numbers of patients are not therefore receiving treatment. Procedures designed for point-of-care testing have therefore been developed, the most popular being the CoaguChek.
Gualtiero Palareti, Armando Tripodi, Michelle Keown   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

An Italian External Quality Assessment (EQA) program on urinary sediment

Clinica Chimica Acta, 2010
EQA programs on urinary sediment are rare. We describe an EQA Italian program which started in 2001 and involves today more than 300 laboratories.The program, which started with a questionnaire about the methodological aspects on urinary sediment, includes today four surveys per year.
FOGAZZI GB, SECCHIERO S, CONSONNI D, SCIACOVELLI, LAURA, ZARDO L, GARIGALI G, VERDESCA S, MESSA P, PLEBANI, MARIO   +8 more
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The Yorkshire slide exchange external quality assessment (EQA) scheme

Cytopathology, 1996
A slide circulation scheme measuring cervical screening performance of individual cytologists in 15 laboratories in Yorkshire Regional Health Authority is described. The advantages and disadvantages are compared with the current National Proficiency Testing (NPT) scheme.
A P, Boon, P, Williamson, J M, Brown, G D, Thomas   +3 more
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT (EQA) SCHEME FOR HAEMATOLOGY IN SPAIN

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 1991
Ensuring reliable results of the tests which are performed in large haematology laboratories is essential because of the problems resulting from the use of complex automated instruments and the ever increasing workload. The Spanish Haematology EQA Scheme started in 1984 with 56 laboratories, a number which rose to 332 in 1989.
J L, Vives-Corrons, J M, Jou, C, Pastor, J C, Reverter, C, Jou   +4 more
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Behind the Scenes of EQA–Characteristics, Capabilities, Benefits and Assets of External Quality Assessment (EQA): Part IV – Benefits for Participant Laboratories

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Abstract 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 ...
Andreas Bietenbeck, Peter B Luppa, Christoph Buchta   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

External quality assessment (EQA) of Belgian clinical laboratories. The telematics paradigm

Clinica Chimica Acta, 1998
Technology that enables communication between information systems has recently become cheaper and more powerful. It is therefore timely to consider the effects of the introduction of such techniques in external quality assessment (EQA) schemes on both users and organizers. Traditionally, results are returned to EQA organizers as hand-written numbers on
Albert, Adelin, De Moor, G., Libeer, J. C.   +2 more
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Are the Benefits of External Quality Assessment (EQA) Recognized Beyond the Echo Chamber?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Finlay Mackenzie
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Evaluation of clinical cases in External Quality Assessment Scheme (EQAS) for the urinary sediment

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), 2014
The few available External Quality Assessment (EQA) programs on urinary sediment rarely include an evaluation of clinical cases. The present paper provides a descriptive analysis of clinical cases included in the Italian EQA program on urinary sediment.Ten cases were presented over a 5-year period (2007-2011).
Fogazzi GB, Secchiero S, Garigali G, PLEBANI, MARIO   +3 more
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Review of the national external quality assessment (EQA) scheme for breast pathology in the UK

Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2016
Background The National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP; pathology) external quality assurance (EQA) scheme aims to provide a mechanism for examination and monitoring of concordance of pathology reporting within the UK. This study aims to review the breast EQA scheme performance data collected over
Emad A, Rakha, Rachel L, Bennett, Derek, Coleman, Sarah E, Pinder, Ian O, Ellis   +4 more
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