External quality assessment schemes for inorganic elements in the clinical laboratory: Lessons from the OELM scheme.

Josiane Arnaud, Marina Patriarca, Béatrice Ma'atem Fofou-Caillierez, Montserrat González-Estecha, MªCarmen González Gómez, Irene De Graaf, Valeria Patriarca, Martine Ropert-Bouchet, Liesbeth Schröer-Janssen, Carla Siebelder, Marieke Te Winkel, Montserrat Ventura Alemany, Cas Weykamp

Journal: Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS) 2020;59():126414

PMID: 31810809

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Abstract

Measurements of inorganic elements in clinical laboratories produce results used for the diagnosis, the treatment and the monitoring of deficiencies or overloads. The main objective of External Quality Assessment Schemes is to verify, on a regular frequency, that clinical laboratory results correspond to the quality requirement for patient care. Therefore, External Quality Assessment Schemes represent an essential component of a laboratory's quality management system. However, External Quality Assessment Schemes within the same analytical field remain heterogeneous for different reasons such as samples, determination of assigned value, acceptable limits, content of the reports. The aim of this review was to describe and illustrate some major critical aspects of External Quality Assessment Schemes based on Occupational and Environmental Laboratory Medicine external quality assessment scheme experience.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2019.126414

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MeSH Terms: Environmental Medicine, Humans, Laboratories, Occupational Medicine, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Trace Elements