External Quality Control

EXTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL (EQC) PROGRAM;

External Quality Control: refers to the monitoring and evaluation activity carried out to ensure or improve the reliability of laboratories' test results, using samples of known or unknown content or concentration organized by a system/institution/organization outside the laboratory.

THE IMPORTANCE OF EXTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL:

External Quality Control programs are programs run by independent organizations in which the analytical performance of laboratories is evaluated comparatively. With the External Quality Control program, the analytical performance of laboratories is evaluated by comparing it with the performance of other laboratories internationally.

Wellcare Medical Laboratories

The analyses performed at our center are evaluated with an External Quality Control program (Bio-RAD EQAS, USA).
In addition, analyses are carried out by applying the CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) and CLSI (The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute) standards on good laboratory practice.
At our center, almost all stages of laboratory analysis are performed with fully automated systems, ensuring analytical and preanalytical international standards. In our laboratory, all tests are run without manual handling using "robotic" technologies, and results are reported rapidly through the LIS (Laboratory Integration Systems) in use.