Annual Report on the External Quality Assessment Scheme for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Testing for Drugs of Abuse in Korea (2014).
10.15263/jlmqa.2015.37.1.12
- Author:
Dae Hyun KO
1
;
Tae Dong JEONG
;
Gum Gyoung GU
;
Sail CHUN
;
Jeong Ho KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sailchun@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Quality assurance;
Laboratory proficiency testing;
Drug monitoring
- MeSH:
Digoxin;
Drug Monitoring*;
Korea;
Laboratory Proficiency Testing;
Phenytoin;
Quality Improvement;
Street Drugs*;
Tacrolimus;
Valproic Acid;
Vancomycin
- From:Journal of Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance
2015;37(1):12-22
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
As the Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Subcommittee (TDMS) of the Korean Association of Quality Assurance for Clinical Laboratories (KAQACL), we organised two trials as an external quality assessment of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and testing for drugs of abuse (DOA) in 2014. In each trial, low and high level control materials for TDM testing, and positive and negative control materials for DOA testing, were requested from institutions. The number of participating laboratories was 107 for the first trial and 106 for the second. The average number of drug items provided was 5.7 per institution. The most commonly tested substances were, in descending order, valproic acid, digoxin, tacrolimus, phenytoin, and vancomycin. The mean inter-laboratory coefficients of variation for low- and high-level TDM control materials were 8.5% and 7.2%, respectively. The most widely used TDM analysers were the Architect i System (Abbott Diagnostics, USA), followed by the Cobas Integra (Roche Diagnostics, Switzerland) and the Cobas c501 analyser (Roche Diagnostics). The number of participating laboratories for DOA testing was 23% higher that than in 2013. In 96.9% of cases, our analysis confirmed the suitability of the tests at participating DOA laboratories in both trials. In the external quality assessment of TDM by the TDMS of KAQACL in 2014, the overall performance of TDM testing was found to be similar to that observed in the previous years, and inter-laboratory precision was higher than that in 2013. Continuous quality improvement of TDM testing by participation in a proficiency-testing program is necessary.
