Spanish society of laboratory medicine external quality assurance programmes: evolution of the analytical performance of clinical laboratories over 30 years and comparison with other programmes
| Autor: | Montserrat Ventura, Sandra Bullich, Xavier Tejedor, Pilar Fernández-Fernández, Jose Vicente García Lario, Joana Minchinela, Zoraida Corte, Jorge Díaz-Garzón, Antonia Ma Llopis, Margarita Simón, Elisabet González-Lao, Pilar Fernandez-Calle, Francisco Ramón, Rubén Gómez-Rioja, Fernando Marqués, Ricardo González-Tarancón, Cecília Martínez-Brú, Marià Cortés, Ángel Salas, Beatriz Boned, Carmen Ricós, Carmen Perich |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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biological variation
030213 general clinical medicine Medical education Engineering harmonisation business.industry Medical laboratory Medicine (miscellaneous) state of the art 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology external quality assurance programmes Education analytical performance specifications 03 medical and health sciences Medical Laboratory Technology 0302 clinical medicine Medical technology R855-855.5 business Quality assurance |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Laboratory Medicine, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 82-116 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2628-491X |
| DOI: | 10.1515/almed-2020-0019 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study is to understand the evolution of the analytical performance of the laboratories participating in the Spanish society of laboratory medicine (SEQCML) external quality assurance (EQA) programmes during its 30 years of operation and to compare it with the performance of other EQA programmes to establish whether the results are similar. The results obtained during this period are evaluated by applying the biological variability (BV) and state of the art-derived quality specifications. In addition, the results are compared with those obtained by other EQA programme organisations. It is noted that the laboratories participating in the EQA–SEQCML programmes have improved their performance over 30 years of experience and that the specifications derived from biological variation are achievable. It is difficult to compare EQA programmes, due to lack of accessibility and the differences in the design of these programmes (control materials, calculations used and analytical specifications established). The data from this study show that for some biological magnitudes the results obtained by the programmes are not yet harmonised, although efforts are being made to achieve this. Organisers of EQA programmes should also join the harmonisation effort by providing information on their results to enable comparison. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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