Laboratory Medicine ›› 2018, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (10): 938-942.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2018.10.016

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Analysis on the test quality of clinical laboratories in Shanghai by unannounced inspection results

YANG Xue, ZHU Jun, YUAN Libin, QIN Fei, LOU Jiao, XU Chong   

  1. Shanghai Center for Clinical Laboratory,Shanghai 200126,China
  • Received:2017-11-30 Online:2018-10-30 Published:2018-10-23

Abstract:

Objective To evaluate the role of unannounced inspection for assessing the test quality of clinical laboratories in Shanghai organized by Shanghai Center for Clinical Laboratory(SCCL) in 2017,through analyzing the data of unannounced inspection,external quality assessment(EQA) and internal quality control(IQC). Methods The coefficients of variation(CV) were calculated for the items from the 1st unannounced inspection in 2017 and the quantitative items of EQA. The CV between the 2 programs was evaluated. Results A total of 770 clinical laboratories participated in the programs of unannounced inspection and EQA organized by SCCL. There were 83.33%(85/102) clinical laboratories failed in the unannounced inspection [blood lipid,blood gas and acid-base analysis,blood coagulation,rapid C-reactive protein,rapid blood glucose,homocysteine(Hcy)and tumor markers],but they passed the EQA. The CV were from 0.11% [apolipoprotein B(apo B)] to 52.15% [carbohydrate antigen(CA)19-9],and the average CV was 6.10%,and the CV of unannounced inspection was higher than that of EQA(P=0.014). Conclusions Clinical laboratories should reserve the primary data of EQA to ensure the truth of EQA,and unannounced inspection could be more useful for reflecting the test quality of clinical laboratories than EQA.

Key words: Clinical laboratory, Unannounced inspection, External quality assessment, Coefficient of variation

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