Annual Report on External Quality Assessment in Immunoassay in Korea (2002).
- Author:
Hyon Suk KIM
1
;
Hwan Sub LIM
;
Oh Hun KWON
;
Deog An KIM
;
Young Kee KIM
;
Young Ran KIM
;
Jin Q KIM
;
Seob SHIN
;
Young Soon JUNG
;
Han Soo CHO
Author Information
1. Immunoassay Subcommittee, The Korean Association of Quality Assurance for Clinical Loboratory, Seoul, Korea. kimhs54@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Quality assurance;
External quality assessment;
Immunoassay
- MeSH:
Immunoassay*;
Korea*;
Quality Control
- From:Journal of Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance
2003;25(1):105-116
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Two trials of external quality assessment were performed in 2002. Thirteen test items of immunoassay with eight control materials were surveyed. The response rate of external quality assessment for Immunoassay Subcommitee were 94.3% and 94.5% in each trial. Eight control materials were consisted of 6 home-made pooled sera and 2 commercial control sera. The results are summarized as follows. 1. Laboratories participating in external quality control program of immunoassay were 233 to 241 laboratories and the response rate were 94.3% and 94.5% in 2002. 2. Chemiluminiscence immunoassay autoanalyzer was widely introduced comparing to previous years and now it is the most popular analyzer in the field of immunoassay testing. 3. Still some test items show wide variations of the test results of the same control material. But, generally the quality of the participating laboratories seems to be thought being improved.
