1 – Program overview

This program is designed to assess different automated quantitative or semi-quantitative determination methods for procalcitonin. The interpretation of the results obtained for each concentration level is supported by a graphical display of the accuracy using a Youden plot (for quantitative methods only).

2 – Assessment frequency

Number of surveys per year: 4
Number of control samples per survey: 1 or 2
Number of samples per year: 6

3 – List of analytes assessed 

• Quantitative procalcitonin
• Semi-quantitative procalcitonin

4 – Description of the control samples

Lyophilised human control serums (samples to be resuspended in 1 mL of distilled water).