External Quality Assessment (EQA) for Laboratories
Writer and Editor : Eka Damayanti
Depok, 11/20/2024 - EQA is one component of quality assurance (QA), which ensures that tests are performed accurately, results are comparable and reproducible, and errors are detected and corrected to avoid adverse outcomes or wrong diagnoses. It also evaluates participant performance against pre-established criteria through interlaboratory comparisons, known as proficiency testing (PT). EQA must not be seen as an alternative or a competitor to Internal Quality Control/IQC, both are essential tools for a clinical laboratory. IQC is used in the decision to ac...