| Minimum analytical quality specifications of inter-laboratory comparisons: agreement among Spanish EQAP organizers. | |
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PMID: 22098436 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Abstract Background: Four Spanish scientific societies organizing external quality assessment programs (EQAP) formed a working group to promote the use of common minimum quality specifications for clinical tests. Laboratories that do not meet the minimum specifications are encouraged to make immediate review of the analytical procedure affected and to implement corrective actions if necessary. Methods: The philosophy was to use the 95th percentile of results sent to EQAP (expressed in terms of percentage deviation from the target value) obtained for all results (except the outliers) during a cycle of 1 year. The target value for a number of analytes of the basic biochemistry program was established as the overall mean. However, because of the substantial discrepancies between routine methods for basic hematology, hormones, proteins, therapeutic drugs and tumor markers, the target in these cases was the peer group mean. Results: The resulting specifications were quite similar to those established in the US (CLIA), and Germany (Richtlinie). Conclusions: The proposed specifications stand for the minimum level of quality to be attained for laboratories, to assure harmonized service performance. They have nothing to do with satisfying clinical requirements, which are the final level of quality to be reached, and that is strongly recommended in our organizations by means of documents, courses, symposiums and all types of educational activities. |
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Carmen Ricós; Francisco Ramón; Angel Salas; Antonio Buño; Rafael Calafell; Jorge Morancho; Gabriella Gutiérrez-Bassini; Josep M Jou |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-11-18 |
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Title: Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine : CCLM / FESCC Volume: - ISSN: 1434-6621 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-11-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9806306 Medline TA: Clin Chem Lab Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Spanish Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology (SEQC), Barcelona, Spain. |
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