An Internet-based external quality assessment in cytogenetics that audits a laboratory's analytical and interpretative performance

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1217-1224

  Hastings, Rosalind J ^a   Maher, Eddy J ^b   Quellhorst Pawley, Bettina ^a   Howell, Rodney T ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; ONCOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CYTOGENETICS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LABORATORIES; METAPHASE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 53249151616     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.82     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. ISO 15189:2003: Medical Laboratories - Particular Requirements for Quality and Competence http://www.iso.org/iso/standards_development/ technical_committees/list_of_iso_technical_committees.htm.
2. OECD 2007: OECD Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Molecular Genetic Testing, www.oecd.org/sti/biotechnology/ (also applicable to cytogenetic laboratories).
3. Howell R, Hastings RJ: The current scope of cytogenetics external quality assessment schemes and key recommendations for harmonization of external quality assessment in Europe, 2006, www.eurogentest.org.
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6. Hastings RJ, Cavani S, Dagna Bricarelli F, Patsalis PC, Kristoffersson U: Cytogenetic guidelines and quality assurance: A common European framework for quality assessment for constitutional and acquired cytogenetic investigations. A summary. Eur J Hum Genet 2007; 15 525-527.
7. UK Performance criteria for constitutional and oncology cytogenetics www.ccneqas.org.uk.