Annual Report on External Quality Assessment Scheme for Urinalysis and Faecal Occult Blood Testing in Korea (2014)

Colonoscopy quality assessment in a mass population screening programme based on faecal occult blood test.

BACKGROUND AND AIM the success of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programmes largely depends on the quality of the events, processes and outcomes and therefore, quality assurance of endoscopy is an essential component. The quality indicators for colonoscopy in a screening programme setting are different from those performed in symptomatic people. The objective of this study was to report the ...

Urinalysis External Quality Assessment Scheme (eqas): a Tool to Improve Urinary Sediment Examination

Urinary sediment examination is an important diagnostic test for the diseases of the kidneys and of the urinary tract. EQAS on urinary sediment evaluation are very rare worldwide. The “Urinalysis Performance” managed by the Centre of Biomedical Research (CRB) an EQA scheme organization with many programs in different fields of Laboratory Medicine was established in 2001 by a promoting Committee...

Colorectal cancer screening: yield of faecal occult blood testing.

The incidence of colorectal cancer is rising and increasing public awareness of this condition has stimulated interest in screening tests. Colorectal cancer is treatable and curable in its early stages and clear benefits are present if the cancer can be detected in its early stages. Sensitivity of the faecal occult blood test (FOBT) by immunochemical techniques for colorectal (CRC) cancer scree...

External quality assurance scheme for Streptococcus pneumoniae - 2014

An external quality assessment scheme in histopathology.

The details of an external quality assessment scheme in histopathology based on district general hospitals in south west England are described. The scheme is supplementary to internal audit carried out in individual departments.