Annual Report on External Quality Assessment of Clinical Microbiology Laboratory in Korea (2004).
- Author:
Nam Yong LEE
1
;
Myoung Sook KIM
;
Bong Chul KIM
;
Min Joong KIM
;
Sunjoo KIM
;
Sung Il KIM
;
Eui Chong KIM
;
Jae Seok KIM
;
Dongeun YONG
;
Jang Ho LEE
;
Chang Kyu LEE
;
In Ho CHANG
;
Chul Hoon CHANG
;
Se Ik JOO
Author Information
1. Clinical Microbiology Subcommittee, The Korean Association of Quality Assurance for Clinical Pathology, Seoul, Korea. micro.lee@sansung.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
External quality assessment;
Clinical microbiology
- MeSH:
Anti-Infective Agents;
Eikenella corrodens;
Enterococcus faecalis;
Erysipelothrix;
Escherichia coli;
Gemella;
Korea*;
Listeria monocytogenes;
Pseudomonas aeruginosa;
Shigella flexneri;
Staphylococcus saprophyticus;
Streptococcus agalactiae;
Streptococcus pneumoniae
- From:Journal of Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance
2005;27(1):11-20
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Two trials of external quality assessment for clinical microbiology laboratory were performed in 2004. A total of 12 specimens were distributed. Six specimens were distributed to 293 laboratories with 277 returns in Trial I and six specimens to 293 laboratories with 274 returns in Trial II. The acceptable percentages of Gram-stain on Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterococcus faecalis were 96.0%, 98.5%, 97.4% and 98.2%, respectively. The acceptable percentages of bacterial identification on Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Shigella flexneri, Gemella spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis (Trial II), Streptococcus agalactiae, Listeria monocytogenes, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, and Eikenella corrodens were 97.5% (including 33.7% of no growth), 99.6%, 93.2%, 82.3%, 95.4%, 50.7%, 98.4%, 92.3%, 87.0%, 78.9%, 92.5% (including 53.4% of no growth), respectively. The acceptable percentages for antimicrobial susceptibility tests on Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were relatively high, but those on Streptococcus pneumoniae and Enterococcus faecalis were not high. In conclusion, the acceptable percentages of bacterial stain and identification were relatively good. However, it is necessary that the quality assurance of the individual laboratories should be improved for antimicrobial susceptibility tests on Streptococcus pneumoniae and Enterococcus faecalis, and the selection of the most appropriate antimicrobial agents to test should be also considered.