ReviewClinical chemistry and laboratory medicine2025
Behind the scenes of EQA – characteristics, capabilities, benefits and assets of external quality assessment (EQA): Part III – EQA samples
Review in Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Use of EQA for assessing variation in post-analytical interpretation of results using a clinical case of ?adrenal insufficiency taking into consideration variation in analytical performance of cortisol.British journal of biomedical science · 2026Article
- Harmonisation of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Results Obtained with Different Direct Methods: A Study Based on an External Quality Assessment Program.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Are the benefits of External Quality Assessment (EQA) recognized beyond the echo chamber?Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine · 2025Article
- Behind the scenes of EQA – characteristics, capabilities, benefits and assets of external quality assessment (EQA): Part V – Benefits for stakeholders other than participantsClinical chemistry and laboratory medicine · 2025Review
- Behind the scenes of EQA – characteristics, capabilities, benefits and assets of external quality assessment (EQA): Part I – EQA in general and EQA programs in particularClinical chemistry and laboratory medicine · 2025Review
- Behind the scenes of EQA–characteristics, capabilities, benefits and assets of external quality assessment (EQA): Part IV – Benefits for participant laboratoriesClinical chemistry and laboratory medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
Providers of external quality assessment (EQA) programs evaluate data or information obtained and reported by participant laboratories using their routine procedures to examine properties or measurands in samples provided for this purpose. EQA samples must offer participants an equal chance to obtain accurate results, while being designed to provide results in clinically relevant ranges. It is the responsibility of the EQA provider to meet the necessary requirements for homogeneity, stability and some other properties of the EQA items in order to offer participants a fair, reliable and technically interesting EQA experience. Thus, the samples are at the heart and in the centre of EQA and its success depends on their quality. This manuscript describes the requirements for EQA samples and the activities of EQA providers to achieve them.
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