| Program Name:
AccuTest |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Andrology Chemistry - Matrix-insensitive/ fresh serum Chem, Lipid, NeoBili, Glycated Hb, Cardiac markers, and TDM; Blood gases, POCT, tumor markers Hematology - Full menu; 3-part and 5-part diffs, ESR, Retic, CO-OX Hb fractions Immunology Microbiology - B |
| Frequency: 3 shipments X 5 samples |
| Participants: 2000 - Hospital labs, Independent labs, reference labs, physician`s office labs |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
AcroMetrix HIV-1 Resistance Proficiency Program |
| Affiliation: Commercial |
| Specialties: Genetics -Molecular Diagnostics |
| Frequency: 2 - 3 times per year with 5 challenges per shipment |
| Participants: Varies with challenge - International - open to any laboratory performing HIV-1 resistance mutation testing |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: This program meets CLIA requirements of 42 CFR sec 493.1709b. Additional molecular diagnostic challenges will be available in 2002. |
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| Program Name:
Aflatoxin analysis performance scheme |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Aflatoxin analysis in grain (corn and groundnut) |
| Frequency: 2 cycles/year |
| Participants: 25 - Government and non-government labs in Thailand |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: HIV-RNA (quantitative) HIV-DNA (qualitative) |
| Frequency: HIV-RNA bi-monthly; HIV-1 DNA: 2x per year |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) |
| Affiliation: Medical Specialty Assn., not-for-profit |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology,Microbiology,Immunology, Immunohematology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
American Association of Bioanalysts (AAB) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
American Proficiency Institute |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - General, TDM, Immunoassay, Point of Care Hematology - General, Flow cytometry, Practioner-performed microscopy, Urinalysis with point of care options Microbiology- Bacteriology, Mycology, Parasitology, AFB Smears, Viral Antigens |
| Frequency: 3 test events per year |
| Participants: 10,000 - 90% Physician Office, 10% Hospital |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: Paperless PT option; Free CME through affiliation with ASCP |
| |
| Program Name:
Analytical Services International Proficiency Testing schemes for immunosuppressive drugs |
| Affiliation: Commercial |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Immunosuppressive drugs - cyclosporin, tacrolimus, mycophenolate, sacrolimus |
| Frequency: Monthly (3 challenges) |
| Participants: Cylosporin program has 424 participants in 34 countries |
| Fees: |
| Notes: Appears that PT schemes are for diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry |
| |
| Program Name:
Azienda Ospedaliera di Bologna - AOSP EQA |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: Over 800 participating laboratories |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Azienda Ospedaliera di Bologna - EQA |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: Over 800 participating laboratories. |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Belgian Official EKE schemes |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Immunoassays, Immunohematology, Immunology, Virology, Microbiology, Parasitology, Flow cytometery, Sperm analysis, Allergens Hematology - Coagulation |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Bio-Dev, VEQ Europa |
| Affiliation: Commercial |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Coagulation, Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Bio-Rad EQAS (External Quality Assurance Services) |
| Affiliation: Commercial |
| Specialties: Chemistry - General, TDM, Immunoassay Immunology - specific proteins (immunoassay), tumor markers |
| Frequency: 12 samples per 6 months: 1 sample tested every 2 weeks. (total 24 times per year) |
| Participants: Varies by scheme - Worldwide (over 50 countries) |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: All schemes accredited by Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd. CPA) |
| |
| Program Name:
Blood Alcohol Proficiency Test |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Blood alcohol analysis |
| Frequency: 2 cycles/year (4 PT samples) |
| Participants: 30 - Government and non-government labs in Thailand |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Blood Lead Proficiency Test |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Blood lead analysis |
| Frequency: 4 cycles/year |
| Participants: 70 - Government and non-government labs in Thailand |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
California Thoracic Society |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Canadian Immunology Quality Assessment Program (CIQAP) |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: HIV Immunology |
| Frequency: 6 Time per year |
| Participants: Clinical laboratories from the Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN)/ 50 |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)(NSQAP) Performance Evaluation Program for Less Sensitive anti-HIV-1 |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Anti-HIV-1 testing using dried blood spots |
| Frequency: Quarterly |
| Participants: 49 Laboratories worldwide |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Cholesterol Reference Method Laboratory Network (CRMLN) |
| Affiliation: Government: HHS |
| Specialties: provides bi-monthly analytical performance challenges to Network members |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: 11 CRMLN labs |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Ensuring the Quality of Urinary Iodine Procedures (EQUIP) |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Urinary iodine |
| Frequency: Three times per year |
| Participants: 43 labs representing 30 countries |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Lead and Multi-element Proficiency Program (LAMP) |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Blood lead, mercury, and cadmium analysis |
| Frequency: 4 times per year |
| Participants: Approximately 250 laboratories world wide |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Model Performance Evaluation Program (MPEP) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: HIV-1 RNA (quantitative); HIV-1 Ab, HIV rapid testintg, Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Nucleic Acid Amplification, Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing |
| Frequency: 2 times per year |
| Participants: over 1800 laboratories worldwide |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Lipid Standardization Program |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: cholesterol, triglycerides, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) |
| Frequency: Quarterly |
| Participants: over 100 laboratories - federally funded and other public health heart-disease epidemiologic and research laboratories. |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program, Division of Laboratory Sciences |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Dried Blood Spot: Newborn Metabolic Screening , Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders, Organic Acid Disorders, Urea Cycle Disorders, HIV, Sickle Cell Disease and other HemoglobinopathiesSubspecialties: Chemistry - T4, TSH. Hematology - hemoglobinopathies. Immun |
| Frequency: Quartely Sets: five dried -blood specimens |
| Participants: 398- National and International laboratories |
| Fees: |
| Notes: PT program specifically for dried spots and Newborn Screening |
| |
| Program Name:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Diabetes Autoantibody Standardization Program (DASP) |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Autoantibodies predictive of type I Diabetes |
| Frequency: 18 months |
| Participants: Approximately 67 laboratories world wide |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: Highly characterized reference materials are prepared to serve as a basis for evaluating new methods and technologies for improving the sensitivity and specificity of predicting and diagnosing type I diabetes. |
| |
| Program Name:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention EQA Program for Neisseria gonorrhoeae Susceptibility Testing |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Bacteriology - Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptibility testing |
| Frequency: One to two events per year |
| Participants: U.S.Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Program (GISP) laboratories and international reference laboratories |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vitamin A Laboratory External Quality Assurance Program (VITAL-EQA) |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Vitamin A, CRP, iron, and Vitamin B |
| Frequency: Twice per year |
| Participants: Approximately 30 laboratories world wide |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: Program in collaboration with Wageningen University, Netherlands |
| |
| Program Name:
Centers for Disease Control and Prvention (CDC) Laboratory Response Network, Chemical Proficiency Testing Program |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Metabolites and biomarkers of chemical threat agents |
| Frequency: Quarterly |
| Participants: 48 State and County Public Health Laboratories |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
CEQAL |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Andrology Chemistry - General, Lipids (lipid reference methods) Hematology, Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Microscopy, Diagnostic Immunology, Microbiology - Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Mycology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: 500 - Canada: mandated in 4 provinces, also some US labs |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
CEQAS:Common External Quality Assessment System in Laboratory Medicine |
| Affiliation: Polish College of Laboratory Medicine: Non profit organization in cooperation with Labquality, Finland |
| Specialties: Clinical chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, coagulation, Microbiology - bacteriology, virology (Labquality menu) |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: 200 - Medical laboratories |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Citomedia Imagens |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Cytology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: digital pictures sent+L23 via internet |
| |
| Program Name:
CLB Viral Diagnostic Laboratory Viral Quality Control (VQC) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: HIV-1 RNA (quant); HCV (quant); CMV (quant); Parvovirus B19 (quant); HAV (quant); HSV (quant); Chlamydia trachomatis (quant |
| Frequency: 1X per year |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Clinical Microbiology Proficiency Testing (CMPT) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Microbiology - Clinical Bacteriology, Gram stain, Mycology, Parasitology, Water Bacteriology |
| Frequency: 4 send-out per year. Variable number of samples per send-out |
| Participants: National, some international mandated and voluntary |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
CNEQAS -Chinese National External Quality Assessment Schemes |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Basic, Enzymes, Lipids, Dry Chemistry, Endocrine, Caredic markers, Tumor markers, Special Protein, Neonatal Screening, Urinalysis Hematology- Basic, Coagulation, Flow Cytometry, Microbiology |
| Frequency: 2 to 3 times per year, varies by specialty and subspecialty |
| Participants: National, open voluntary |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: accredited to ISO Guide 25 |
| |
| Program Name:
College of American Pathologists - CAP Surveys |
| Affiliation: Organization: College of American Pathologists |
| Specialties: Immunohematology Microbiology - Chlamydia trachomatis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; HCV-RNA (quant); HIV-1 RNA (Quant); ID panel: B. burgdorferi, CMV,HSV, HCV genotping, HCV qual, HIV-1 genotyping, HPV, mecA, molecular typing-bacterial, Mtb Cytology- Genetics - |
| Frequency: 2 to 3 times per year |
| Participants: |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
College of American Pathologists - Excel |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Hematology- Basic, Coagulation, Immunohematology |
| Frequency: 6 - 12 challenges per year depending on specialty |
| Participants: 239 (public and independent) |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Limited Survey |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Immunology - Inf. Mono., Unirne, pregnancy, H. pylori |
| Frequency: 3 times per year |
| Participants: 950 - POL's performing CLIA Waived Tests |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Toxicology |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Alcohol, Drugs, EP, Lead |
| Frequency: 3 times per year |
| Participants: Laboratories approved to perform testing on the citizens of Pennsylvania |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
DEKS, Danish Institute for External Quality Assurance for Laboratories in Health Care |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: POCT, hematology, selected schemes for clinical chemistry, microbiology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: website is in Danish - DEKS provides essentially all surveys in Denmark, but most of the schemes are purchased abroad (from Dr. Uldall) |
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| Program Name:
DGKC - Deutche Gesellschaft fur Klinishe chemie (German Society for Clinical Chemistry) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - General, Tumor markers, lipids, urine, blood gases, Tox Immunology - Immunohematology Hematology - Coagulation, Molecular Pathology, Photometer control |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
DicoCARE VEQ - Programma di Valutazione Esterna di Qualitita in Medicina di Laboratorio |
| Affiliation: Commercial |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Immunoassays, TORCH, allergen specific and total IgE, prenatal markers Immunology, Immunohematology |
| Frequency: 4 times per year since 1998 (10 schemes in 2001) |
| Participants: 540- Open Voluntary- Italy plus San Marino and Vatican City |
| Fees: |
| Notes: Medical Systems S.p.A. established in 1977, is ISO 9002 certified since 1998 Commercial in vitro diagnostic reagents and systems, pre and post sales assistance and training courses for users of the commercialised systems" |
| |
| Program Name:
DigitalPT |
| Affiliation: Canadian External Quality Assessment Lab. |
| Specialties: Andrology Chemistry - General, Lipids (lipid reference methods) Hematology, Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Microscopy, Diagnostic Immunology, Microbiology - Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Mycology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
ECAT EQAP - European Concerted Action on Thrombosis External Quality Assessment Program |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Hematology -Coagulation Genetics - Molecular tests for Thrombosis Molecular biology |
| Frequency: Coag is 4 times per year and molecular biology 2 times per year |
| Participants: 325 - (July 2001) Worldwide |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: This programme started in 1993 as an European EQAS but now operates worldwide. The programme is mainly focused on laboratory tests involved in the screening for thrombophilia. |
| |
| Program Name:
EMQN EQA - European Union Molecular Genetics Network |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Genetics - in 1999, 6 disease specific schemes Molecular genetics |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: In 1999, 251 centers participated from 35 countries - Restricted in 1998 to EU countries |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
EQA-PKU - External Quality Assurance for molecular genetic testing for Phenylketonuria |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - PKU only |
| Frequency: New program to begin pilot testing in second half of 2001 |
| Participants: Pilot test with 10-15 European laboratories |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas AIIMS India |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology, Hematology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Bacteriology Indonesia |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Bacteriology Jordan |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Brazil |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology, Chemistry, Coagulation, Hematology, Immunolgy, Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas CECMED-MINSAP Cuba |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology |
| Frequency: |
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| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas China |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology, Chemistry, Coagulation, Hematology, Immunology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Clin Chem Bolivia |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Clin Chem India |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Clin Chem Iran |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Clin Chem Jordan |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Clinical Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Clin Chem Kenya |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Clin Chem Malaysia |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Clin Chem Mauritius |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Clin Chem Senegal |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Clin Chem Syria |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Clin Chem Thailand |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Dar es Salaam Tanzania |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology, Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas DPR Korea |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Egypt |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Coagulation, Hematology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Hem Erithrea |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Hematology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas HIV Ethiopia |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: HIV |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Immun Jordan |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Immununology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Indonesia |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology, Chemistry, Coagulation, Hematology, Immunology, Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
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| Fees: |
| Notes: Other Provincial laboratory locations include: Ngadinegaran, Palembang, Semrang, Surabaya, and Yogyakarta |
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| Program Name:
Eqas INRB Congo |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Coagulation, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Jakarta Indonesia |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology, Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Mexico |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology, Chemistry, Hematology, Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Microbiology India |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Microbiology Kenya |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology, Hematology, Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas MRI Sri Lanka |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Mwanza Tanzania |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Myanmar |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Namibia |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Hematology, Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Nepal |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Nigeria |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology |
| Frequency: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Oman |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Parasitology Thailand |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Peru |
| Affiliation: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Philippines |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology, Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Portugal |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: |
| Frequency: annually |
| Participants: 260 - National, open voluntary |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas RLI Iran |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology, Chemistry, Hematology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Singapore |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Thistle |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Bacteriology, Chemistry, Coagulation, Hematology, Immunology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Togo |
| Affiliation: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Uruguay |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Varansi India |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Eqas Zambia |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: |
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| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
EQUALIS: External Quality Assurance in Laboratory Medicine in Sweden |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: Website in Swedish - needs translation |
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| Program Name:
ERNDIM EQAS - The European Research Network for the evaluation and improvement of screening, diagnosis and treatment of Inherited Metabolic Disorders External Quality Assessment Schemes |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Metabolic disease assays |
| Frequency: 7 schemes, quantative schemes shipped once per year, qualitative schemes 2-3 times per year |
| Participants: total of 220 primarily European countries, some offered worldwide |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
External Quality Assessment Program for anti HIV Testing |
| Affiliation: Government: Funded by the National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences. Ministry of Public Health, Thailand |
| Specialties: HIV Serology Quality Assurance and Quality Control Program |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: 850 - National, some international, voluntary |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
External Quality Assessment Schemes |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Dry chemistry, Hematology, coagulation, tumor markers
Interlaboratory program of internal control: 50 analytes. |
| Frequency: Chem: 2 per year; Hematology: 1-2 per year; Coagulation: 2 per year; tumor markers: 1-2 per year |
| Participants: Dry Chem: 40; Hematology: 1350; Coagulation: 1250; Tumor markers: 100; QC material: 80 |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
External Quality Assurance and Assessment Program.(EQAAP) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Immunology - Infectious disease, inborn metabolic disease, Immunoassays |
| Frequency: Monthly (Quantitative assays 2 controls and Qualitative assays 8 controls) |
| Participants: 116 - National (mandated); some international (voluntary) |
| Fees: |
| Notes: Program started in 1988. Participation in some International Schemes. |
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| Program Name:
External Quality Assurance Program for Thyroid Hormone Fuction |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Human serum T3, T4 and TSH analysis |
| Frequency: 4 cycles/year (four PT samples) |
| Participants: 30 - Government and non-government labs in Thailand |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Federal System for External Quality Assessment |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry- Urine, Hormones, Hematology- General, Coagulation, Immunology- , Mirobiology - Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Virology, Cytology |
| Frequency: 1 to 6 times per year |
| Participants: 5083(in 2001) - Russian Federation, Mandated |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: Website is in Russian |
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| Program Name:
Glycated Hemoglobin External Quality Assessment Scheme |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Hemoglobin A1c only |
| Frequency: 2 times per year |
| Participants: |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: Cycles noted for 1999 and 2000, unclear if this is a continuing program |
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| Program Name:
HIV Reference Laboratory (HIV EQAP) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Immunology - HIV, HBsAg and (VDRL/RPR/TPHA) Serology |
| Frequency: Twice yearly |
| Participants: 62 Laboratories - ( 29 Government laboratories, 28 Private laboratories 2 Police and Military, 2 Estate clinics,and 1 Project laboratory) National |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
HIV-1 Genotyping Proficiency Testing Program |
| Affiliation: Commercial: Virco |
| Specialties: Microbiology - Virology (nucleotide sequencing) |
| Frequency: 3 times per year |
| Participants: International, open and voluntary |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
HTEQA - Histopathology Technology External Quality Assessment |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Histopathology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Human Genetics Society of Australasia Newborn Screening Quality Assurance program (HGSA Newborn Screening QAP) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Newborn Screening |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: 35 - Primarily Australasia, but open to international participants |
| Fees: |
| Notes: Program offers a variety of analytes on participant collection cards, thus minimizing analytical variations due to paper and spot size and allowing blind testing of entire laboratory process. |
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| Program Name:
Idaho Bureau of Laboratories |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Routine, Endocrinology, ToxicologyHematology Diagnostic Immunology - Syphilis Serology, General ImmunologyMicrobiology - Bacteriology |
| Frequency: 3 times per year |
| Participants: 500 physician's offices and rural clinical laboratories |
| Fees: |
| Notes: Target physician laboratories for CLIA waived and non-waived testing.
HCFA approved. Education oriented. |
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| Program Name:
IEQAS, Irish External Quality Assessment Schemes |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - General, myocardial markers, blood gases, HbA1C Hematology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: 49 - Ireland (over 80% of all Irish hospital labs) |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Immunology Quality Assurance Program (QAP) |
| Affiliation: Professional |
| Specialties: Immunology |
| Frequency: Four times per year |
| Participants: |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
INSTAND, Institute for Standardization and Documentation in the Medical Laboratory |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - General, Tox, blood gases, tumor markers, hormones Hematology - General Coag. Immunology- Immunohematology Microbiology - Bacteriology, Mycology, Mycobacteriology, Parasitology, Virology, Genetics, POCT |
| Frequency: 6 times per year |
| Participants: |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: Reference Method Values |
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| Program Name:
Institue of Occupation Health |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemical Exposures- Mandelic acid, Pheno, Tricholoroacetic acid, Methylhippuric acid |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
International Molecular Services BV |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: HIV Genotyping (resistance) |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
JAMT - Japanese Association of Medical Technologists External Quality Survey Program |
| Affiliation: Organization: Japanese Association of Medical Technologists |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Cytology, Blood banking, Anatomic Pathology, Microscopy, Clinical Physiology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: Chemistry: 1900; Hematology: 1900; Immunology: 1800; Microbiology: 1200, Cytology: 1200, Blood Bank: 1200, Anatomic Pathology: 800, Microscopy: 1900, Clinical Physiology: 1400 - Japan |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
JARCL - Japanese Association of Registered Clinical laboratories External Quality Survey Program |
| Affiliation: Organization: Japanese Association of Registered Clinical Laboratories |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: Chemistry: 310; Hematology: 310; Immunology: 270; Microbiology: 130 Japan - restricted to Registeres Clinical Labs |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
JMA - Japan Medical Association External Quality Survey Program |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Immunohematology, Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: 2600 - Japan |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Korean External Quality Assurance Scheme (KEQAS) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - General, TDM, urine, inborn errors of metabolism Hematology, Immunology, Immunohematology, MicrobiologyMolecular biology, Inborn errors of metabolism |
| Frequency: Range 10-2, Clinical Chemistry(10 trials), Diagnostic hematology(3), Diagnostic Microbiology(3), Diagnostic Immunology(3), Blood Bank(3), Urinalysis and Routine Microscopy(2), TDM(2), Immunoassay(2), Molecular Biology(2), Inborn Error of Metabolism(2) |
| Participants: 500 - National Voluntary but recommended by the Government |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
LABQUALITY EQAS |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - General, Lipids, Hormones, Andrology, Tox, Tumor Markers, Urine Andrology Hematology - General, Coagulation Immunology Instrumentation Microbiology - Bacteriology, Virology, Parasitology Histopathology Cytology- Anatomic Pathology- Genetics- C |
| Frequency: 1 to 6 times per year |
| Participants: 2280 labs in 1999 - International (32 countries in 1999) |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: ISO 9002 certified since 1996 |
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| Program Name:
Le Centre de toxocologie du Quebec (INSPQ) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Toxicology - trace metals in blood, serum, and urine |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Medical Laboratory Evaluation |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Routine, Endocrinology, ToxicologyHematology ImmunohematologyImmunologyMicrobiology - Bacteriology, Parasitology, Virology |
| Frequency: 3 times per year |
| Participants: approximately 3,000 clinical laboratories |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
MQ - Verein für medizinische Qualitätskontrolle (Association for Medical Quality Control |
| Affiliation: Professional |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Coagulation, Hematology, Immunology |
| Frequency: 4 times per year |
| Participants: |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
National Health Laboratory Service EQA Program |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Coagulation, Immunology, Microbiology (Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Mycology, Parasitology) |
| Frequency: Monthly to Biannually depending on Specialty |
| Participants: 115 - Government Private labs also other African countries (open and voluntary |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
National Proficiency Testing Schemes |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Blood Banking, Chemistry, Clinical Microscopy, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology |
| Frequency: 2-3 cycles/year ( usually two PT samples) |
| Participants: 600-800 participants in Thailand and 16 laboratories in 10 South East Asia Region countries - Government and non-Government laboratories. |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: Apply for NATA Approval of Provider of Proficiency Testing Schemes |
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| Program Name:
National Programme for EQA for Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Programme for Serology |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Microbiology - Bacteriology, Mycology, Parasitology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: website provides an English overview page - the rest is in Norwegian - needs translation |
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| Program Name:
National Serology Reference Laboratory Quality Assessment Program (NRL QAP) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Immunology - HIV, HCV, and HTLV Serology , Measles and Rubella serology , Chlamydia trachomatis Microbiology - HIV and HCV nucleic acid testing Molecular Infectious disease |
| Frequency: 2 - 3 times per year with up to 10 challenges |
| Participants: Australia |
| Fees: |
| Notes: accredited to ISO Guide 25 and certified to the ISO9001 standards |
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| Program Name:
NEQAS Cuba |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services |
| Affiliation: State Government |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Routine, Endocrinology, Toxicology
Hematology
Immunohematology
Diagnostic Immunology - Syphilis Serology, General Immunology
Microbiology - Bacteriology |
| Frequency: 3 times per year |
| Participants: Approximately 500 clinical laboratories: hospitals, independent laboratories, family planning, physician offices, health departments. |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
New York State Department of Health |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: ChemistryHematologyImmunohematologyImmunologyMicrobiology |
| Frequency: 3 times per year/ 2 times per year for Mycobacteriology |
| Participants: approximately 1,000 New York state clinical laboratories |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
NIAID DAIDS Quality Assessment |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Flow Cytometry Immunophenotyping |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
NOKLUS - Norwegiean Center for External Quality Assurance |
| Affiliation: University: Dept. of General Practice, Bergen Univ. |
| Specialties: Chemistry Hematology- Coagulation Immunology |
| Frequency: four times per year |
| Participants: 1700 - (1996 data) National & Voluntary for POLs |
| Fees: No (financed by Norwegian Medical Assoc. & Norwegian gov't authorities) |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Ohio Department of Health |
| Affiliation: State Government |
| Specialties: Immunohematology
Diagnostic Immunology - Syphilis Serology, General Immunology
Microbiology - Bacteriology, Mycology |
| Frequency: 3 times per year |
| Participants: Approximately 200 clinical laboratories |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
PELM: Programs of External Quality Control |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - General, Tox, Urine Hematology- Basic Coagulation Microbiology - Bacteriology, Mycology, Mycobacteriology Immunology, Immunohematology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
PICQ-MM: Programs of Incentive to Quality Control |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Anatomic Pathology |
| Frequency: 4 times per year, send 8 cases by CDROM |
| Participants: 150 |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
PNCG - National Program of Quality Control |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Urinalysis Cytology Hormones and Liquor, Immunology, Tumor markers and Drugs, Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: 1900 Brazil, Paraguay |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
POLMICRO |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: Approximately 400 laboratories |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: Founded in 1997 |
| |
| Program Name:
POLMICRO: Polish National Quality Assurance Scheme |
| Affiliation: Government: Coordinated by Center of Quality Control in Microbiology |
| Specialties: Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: 315 - Clinical microbiological laboratories |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Programa Buenos Aires (ProgBA) |
| Affiliation: Academic |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology/Serology, Newborn Screening |
| Frequency: Monthly |
| Participants: Public and private laboratories in Argentina and other parts of Latin America/ 381 |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: Established in 1979 |
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| Program Name:
Programa de Control de Calidad en Quimica |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Immunology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Programa de Evaluacion Externa de Calidad (PEEC) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Parasitology, Bacteriology, Serology, Urine,Coagulation, Instrumental Control, Immunology, Blood Gases, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Endocrinology, Tumor Markers, Newborn Screening, Mycology, HIV Viral Load. |
| Frequency: Depending on the specialty, from monthly to twice a year. |
| Participants: 3350 laboratories Public and private hospitals, private laboratories, manufacturer`s laboratories, high and low complexity) at national level. |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: Participation in International Schemes from WHO through respective specialties in Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Parasitology and Bacteriology. Syphilis scheme from CDC. The Web site is in Spanish but translated link in English is under construction. |
| |
| Program Name:
Programa de Evaluacion Externa del Comite de Estandarizacion y Control de Calidad (CECC) |
| Affiliation: Academic |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Urinalysis, Hematology and Coagulation, Bacteriology, Instrumentation |
| Frequency: 8/year to 4/year depending on specialty |
| Participants: 115 Public and private laboratories in Uruguay |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: First survey established in 1987. Currently offering 23 analytes. |
| |
| Program Name:
Programa Nacional de Garantia de Qualidade de Diagnostico de HIV (PNPQ-HIV) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Immunology, Medical Virology, Molecular Infectious Disease |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: Testing primarily HIV, but includes other retroviruses and vaccine preventable diseases |
| |
| Program Name:
Protocol for Proficiency Testing Scheme of Water Microbilogy Analytical Laboratory |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Coliform detection in Water |
| Frequency: 1 cycle/year (6 PT samples) |
| Participants: 28 - Government and non-government labs in Thailand |
| Fees: 1200 Baht/year |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
Puerto Rico Department of Health |
| Affiliation: Territorial Program |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Routine, Endocrinology, Toxicology
Hematology
Diagnostic Immunology - Syphilis Serology, General Immunology
Microbiology - Bacteriology, Mycobacteriolgy, Mycology, Parasitology |
| Frequency: 3 times per year/ 2 times per year for Mycobacteriology |
| Participants: Approximately 700 clinical laboratories |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
QMPLS - Quality Management Program - Laboratory Services |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Basic, Enzymes, Lipids, Endocrine, Tox, Maternal Serum Screening, POCT Immunology Immunohematology Microbiology - Bacteriology, Mycology, Parasitology, Virology Genetics - Molecular, Cytogenetics |
| Frequency: 2 to 4 times per year, varies by specialty and subspecialty |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
QualiCont |
| Affiliation: Academic |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Quality Assessment Program for Measures Relevant to HIV/AIDS (QASI) |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: HIV Immunology |
| Frequency: Twice per year |
| Participants: Laboratories in 46 countries/ 150 |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Quality Assurance Programme in Cytopathology |
| Affiliation: Professional |
| Specialties: Cytopathology |
| Frequency: Glass slides circulated four times per year |
| Participants: Maximum 25 participating laboratories |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Quality Club |
| Affiliation: Commercial |
| Specialties: Specific IgE, Total IgE, Eosinophil Cationic Protein (ECP) |
| Frequency: Once a month |
| Participants: Over 900 hospital, commercial laboratories from more than 30 countries. |
| Fees: |
| Notes: Reporting frequency once a month and a summary report, containing 12 month results, every fourth month. |
| |
| Program Name:
Quality Control Center Switzerland (CSCQ) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology |
| Frequency: 4 to 12 times per year depending on specialty |
| Participants: up to 4500 depending on specialty program |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: Establishe in 1972, ISO certified and accredited, French/German/Italien speaking, WHO collaborating center. |
| |
| Program Name:
Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics (QCMD) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Molecular diagnostics |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
RCPA Quality Assurance Programs Pty Limited |
| Affiliation: Professional |
| Specialties: Chemistry- General, Tox, Endocrine, Gases, Urine, Biogenic Amines, Neonatal Bilirubin, CO-oximetry, IGF 1/C Peptide, Glycohaemoglobin, Near Patient Testing, Porphyrins, Lipids, Drugs and Antibiotics, Tumour Markers, Urine Pregnancy, Alcohol/Ammonia, Vitam |
| Frequency: 3-24 times per year, depending upon module |
| Participants: Varies from program to program from 20 to 600 Australia, New Zealand, International |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
RIQAS - Randox International Quality Assessment Scheme |
| Affiliation: Commercial |
| Specialties: |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: 200 |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
RIQAS - Randox International Quality Assessment Scheme |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
SEKK-EQA |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology - Immunohaematology, Immunology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: Czech and Slovak Republics |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
SKZL, Stichting Swaliteitsbewaking Ziekenhuis Laboratoria (Dutch Foundation for Quality Assessment in Clinical Laboratories) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Andrology Chemistry - General, blood gases, urine, immunochemistry Hematology - Coagulation Microbiology - Virology |
| Frequency: 6 times per year |
| Participants: National Voluntary, some international |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Spanish Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SEQC -programs to guarantee quality for clinical laboratories |
| Affiliation: Organization |
| Specialties: Chemistry -General, endocrine, proteins, gases, cardiac markers, tumor markers Hematology -General Coagulation Immunology - Infectious disease serology Microbiology - Bacteriology, serology
Preanalytical. |
| Frequency: Monthly and quarterly, depending on survey |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Stem Cell Technologies Proficiency Testing Program |
| Affiliation: Commercial |
| Specialties: Stem cell technology |
| Frequency: bi-annually |
| Participants: International |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Swiss Quality Control for Bacteriology and Mycology |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Microbiology - Bacteriology, Mycology |
| Frequency: 3 times per year (four samples per event) |
| Participants: 108 - International - open to any laboratory, voluntary; participants primarily Swiss labs with a few in Germany and Austria |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
Swiss Quality Control for Mycobacteriology |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Microbiology - Mycobacteriology |
| Frequency: 2 times per year |
| Participants: 47 - National, some international, voluntary |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
The European Union Quality Control Concerted Action (EUQCCA) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: |
| Frequency: Variable |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
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| Program Name:
TLD postal dose intercomparison for Cobalt-60 teletherapy machine |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: The assessment of the fuction of Cobalt-60 machine and the caculation of radiation from that machine |
| Frequency: 1 cycle/year (6 PT samples) |
| Participants: 25 - Government and non-government labs in Thailand |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
UK NEQAS - United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Schemes |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Andrology, Chemistry, Genetics (Molecular and Cytogenetics), Hematology, Histopathology, Immunology, Leucocyte Immunophenotyping, Microbiology |
| Frequency: Varies by scheme, range= 2 - 22 times per year |
| Participants: Varies by scheme, approx. 400-500 in the UK, 100-200 non-UK - Majority of participants are in the UK, others from over 30 countries |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: Participation in some schemes required for accreditation by Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd. (CPA) |
| |
| Program Name:
Veterinary Laboratory Quality Assessment (VLQAS) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry, Haematology, Microbiology, Parasitology, Immunology, Histopathology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
WEQAS, Wales External Quality Assessment Scheme |
| Affiliation: Nonprofit organization |
| Specialties: Chemistry - General, Blood gases, Immunoassay, Glycated Hemoglobins, Porphyrins |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: Over 500, primarily in UK and Ireland |
| Fees: Yes |
| Notes: Performanace in certain schemes required for CPA accreditation |
| |
| Program Name:
WHO's EQAS AST- World Health Organization's External Quality Assessment Scheme, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Salmonella serotype identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing |
| Frequency: Three times per year |
| Participants: Approximately 400 laboratories world wide |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: Collaboration between CDC and WHO |
| |
| Program Name:
WHO's EQAS Salmonella Surveillance Program |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Salmonella serotypes |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: |
| Fees: |
| Notes: In collaboration with CDC |
| |
| Program Name:
WHO's EQAS-AST. The WHO External Quality Assurance Scheme in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing |
| Affiliation: Government |
| Specialties: Bacterial isolates with key antimicrobial resistance phenotypes |
| Frequency: Set of 2 challenge organisms sent three times a year. |
| Participants: Approximately 150 participants in 42 countries. Several participants have disseminated challenge organisms to other laboratories in surrounding regions. Results have been received from approximately 400 laboratories - International including one US labora |
| Fees: No |
| Notes: Collaboration between WHO and CDC |
| |
| Program Name:
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) |
| Affiliation: |
| Specialties: Chemistry - Routine, Endocrinology, ToxicologyHematology Diagnostic Immunology - Syphilis Serology, General ImmunologyImmunohematologyMicrobiology - Bacteriology, Mycobacteriolgy, Mycology, Parasitology, Virology |
| Frequency: 3 times per year/ 2 times per year for Mycobacteriology |
| Participants: Approximately 2,500 clinical laboratories |
| Fees: |
| Notes: |
| |
| Program Name:
ZINQAP ( Zimbabwe National Quality Assurance Program)
|
| Affiliation: Government, Zimbabwe's Health Professions Authority
|
| Specialties: Chemistry, Hematology, Histology/Cytology, Immunohematology, Immunology, Microbiology |
| Frequency: |
| Participants: 90 laboratories
|
| Fees: |
| Notes: |