EEQ : External Quality Assessment

> Objective :
Evaluation of the accuracy and appropriateness of laboratory participating in periodic surveys blind.

> Control Equipment:
the control specimens are suitable for analysis to be performed, this:
- Let manufactured according to specifications by manufacturers
- Either fresh human specimens packed by us

> Program cycle :
- Provision of boxes control specimens for a year.
- Sent by Probioqual documentation with the planning of Controlling operation.
- The laboratory shall send Probioqual its results before the deadline (via internet, fax or mail)
- ProBioQual performs statistical processing of results (averages robust, CV ranges of acceptability, histograms
possibly Youden diagram) for all the results and homogeneous group of peers (if N = 8)

> 24 to 48 hours after you receive a comprehensive report (option "email") containing :
- Evaluation custom personalized on your results (the histogrammme positioning, calculation of bias, rating, z-score ...)
- The statistical results of all participants.
- The construction, the biologist and expert reviews of the program.

End of the program, annual summary ratings and analysis by calculating the score for your lab.

> Download instructions for EEQ :
General guidelines on EQQ