Print View Documents

This section contains resources for quality assurance programs for laboratories interested in running biomarker samples for micronutrient samples.

Resources:

  1. WHO manual for organizing a national external quality assessment programme for health laboratories and other testing sites

  2. Selecting the right proficiency testing scheme for my laboratory (Spanish version available as well)

  3. Overview of External Quality Assessment (EQA) content sheet

Content Sheet 10-1: Overview of External Quality Assessment (EQA)

Document providing a detailed overview of the EQA process

Download

Selección del ensayo de aptitud apropriado para mi laboratorio

Proficiency testing is important for ensuring the quality of results produced by a laboratory. This document helps labs select which time of proficiency testing best matches the services they provide. (Spanish version, English version also available)

Download

Selecting the right proficiency testing scheme for my laboratory

Proficiency testing is important for ensuring the quality of results produced by a laboratory. This document helps labs select which time of proficiency testing best matches the services they provide. (English version, Spanish version also available)

Download

WHO manual for organizing a national external quality assessment programme for health laboratories and other testing sites

The term “external quality assessment” (EQA) describes a method/process that allows testing conducted by a laboratory or testing site to be compared to that of a source outside the laboratory. Successful participation of a testing site in an EQA programme provides objective evidence of the testing service’s competence for customers, accrediting bodies and regulatory agencies, and serves as a unique source of information that is not easily obtainable in other ways.

This manual describes some of the strategic, managerial, financial, technical and scientific aspects to be considered in establishing a national EQA programme for clinical laboratories and other testing services at all health care levels. The manual has been prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners to fill perceived gaps, and the scope is limited to EQA programmes that deliver proficiency testing.

Download