TY - JOUR
T1 - External quality assessment schemes for inorganic elements in the clinical laboratory
T2 - Lessons from the OELM scheme
AU - Arnaud, Josiane
AU - Patriarca, Marina
AU - Fofou-Caillierez, Béatrice Ma'atem
AU - González-Estecha, Montserrat
AU - Gómez, MªCarmen González
AU - De Graaf, Irene
AU - Patriarca, Valeria
AU - Ropert-Bouchet, Martine
AU - Schröer-Janssen, Liesbeth
AU - Siebelder, Carla
AU - Te Winkel, Marieke
AU - Ventura Alemany, Montserrat
AU - Weykamp, Cas
N1 - Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier GmbH.
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - Measurements of inorganic elements in clinical laboratories produce results used for the diagnosis, the treatment and the monitoring of deficiencies or overloads. The main objective of External Quality Assessment Schemes is to verify, on a regular frequency, that clinical laboratory results correspond to the quality requirement for patient care. Therefore, External Quality Assessment Schemes represent an essential component of a laboratory's quality management system. However, External Quality Assessment Schemes within the same analytical field remain heterogeneous for different reasons such as samples, determination of assigned value, acceptable limits, content of the reports. The aim of this review was to describe and illustrate some major critical aspects of External Quality Assessment Schemes based on Occupational and Environmental Laboratory Medicine external quality assessment scheme experience.
AB - Measurements of inorganic elements in clinical laboratories produce results used for the diagnosis, the treatment and the monitoring of deficiencies or overloads. The main objective of External Quality Assessment Schemes is to verify, on a regular frequency, that clinical laboratory results correspond to the quality requirement for patient care. Therefore, External Quality Assessment Schemes represent an essential component of a laboratory's quality management system. However, External Quality Assessment Schemes within the same analytical field remain heterogeneous for different reasons such as samples, determination of assigned value, acceptable limits, content of the reports. The aim of this review was to describe and illustrate some major critical aspects of External Quality Assessment Schemes based on Occupational and Environmental Laboratory Medicine external quality assessment scheme experience.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jtemb.2019.126414
DO - 10.1016/j.jtemb.2019.126414
M3 - Article
C2 - 31810809
VL - 59
SP - 126414
JO - J. Trace Elem. Med. Biol.
JF - J. Trace Elem. Med. Biol.
SN - 0946-672X
ER -