UK NEQAS in antibiotic assyas

摘要

How providers of external quality assess- ment (EQA) programems relate to and interact with the monitors and watchdog of clinical laboratory performance in the UK is described. With regard to the quality of antibiotic assays, the changes in method- logies and in performance quality be- tween 1971 (when the UK NEQAS for Antibiotic Assays began) and 1999 is re- Viewed. How improvements in perform- Ance and changes of methodology are Related is discussed. The findings and con- Clsions of two experimental pilot EQA Distributions (the teicoplanin assay and Serum bactericidal test) are also discussed.