External Quality Assurance Schemes: Do They Work?

Abstracts from the XIVth International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology

EQAS of Hematology in Japan
K.Watanabe
Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

External Quality Assessment: Overview
R.M. Rowan
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Quality Assurance Programmes in the United Kingdom
Samuel J. Machin
Department of Haematology, University College London, United Kingdom

External Quality Assurance: France
Francis Lacombe
Hematology Laboratory, Hospital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, Bordeaux, France

The Path Forward
Robert Kisabeth
Mayo Medical Laboratories, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Challenges in the Manufacture of Proficiency Testing Materials
Lisa J. Jarvis
R&D Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

External Quality Assurance Schemes: Developing Countries Need
Suthat Fucharoen,¹ Pranee Winichagoon,¹ Chamras Promptmas,² Nisarat Opartkiattikul,³ Ahnond Bunyaratvej,⁴ Han Ik Cho,⁵ Ina Timan,⁶ Tomas Maramba,⁷ Noriyuki Tatsumi^8
1Thalassemia Research Center, Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, ²Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medical Technology, ³Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, ⁴Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University; ⁵Department of Clinical Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea; ⁶Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Indonesia; ⁷Council for Quality Assurance in Clinical Laboratories, Philippines; ⁸Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

Hematology Proficiency Testing by the College of American Pathologists Provides Insights Into Practice Patterns
Bruce H. Davis
Hematology and Clinical Microscopy Resource Committee, College of American Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois, and Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine, USA

Twenty Years Experiences on External Quality Assurance in Korea
Han Ik Cho
Department of Clinical Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Flow Cytometry
Charles W. Caldwell
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA

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