Annette Thomas, Weqas Director Earlier on this month, David and I attended an excellent meeting in Cardiff, on Traceability and Uncertainty organised by the All Wales Clinical Biochemistry Audit Group. Although no audits were presented, the organisers provided a forum for identifying best practice through a mix of formal presentations
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David Ducroq, Deputy Director EQALM Barcelona 2016 Casa Milà La Boqueria Market Montjuic La Sagrada Familia Our lab manager, Samantha Jones and myself attended this important European meeting set in the vibrant city of Barcelona. The meeting is the annual forum for EQA providers to exchange ideas (sometimes argue) but
The Serum Indices programme has now been added to the Weqas interactive site. Currently (distribution IQQ) result entry and reports will only be available online. The latest serum Indices distribution (IQN), was the first trial of electronic reporting and has recently been released. Serum Indices Programme
As many of you are currently working towards compliance to ISO15189, Annette has written a post/blog on calculating your bias and imprecision for your uncertainty calculation, we hope you find this useful! How to calculate your long term bias for your uncertainty calculation?
From July 15th, we will no longer be processing Weqas EQA results received via post, fax or email. From this date, all results must be entered electronically by participants via the Weqas interactive user account: https://calc.weqas.com/ If you do not already have a Weqas interactive user account, please download the
The Weqas programme has been recently modified to predominantly distribute patient samples. Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) is an established test for monitoring diabetic control and is recommended by the World Health Organisation for the diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus, provided that stringent quality assurance tests are in place and assays are standardised
New vials for Weqas Co-oximetry scheme were recently introduced to overcome numerous issues with the previous design. We welcome your feedback on this design modification. To view a demonstration on how to use these vials, please use the link: https://www.eurotrol.com/video/acudrop
WEQAS has recently introduced a new Point of Care (POC) INR EQA control, suitable for use with the Abbott i-STAT, Roche CoaguChek XS, XS Plus & XS Pro and Siemens Xprecia Stride instruments. Point of care (POC, or near patient) testing for measurement of the international normalized ratio (INR) is
Following recent feedback from our participants, we have decided to remove the automated telephony system. A dedicated reception service is now available for all general enquiries, they will also be able to put you in touch with the right person if you are unsure of which extension you need. Our
The faecal occult blood (FOB) test detects small amounts of blood in your faeces, which would not be normally visible. FOB is vital in the diagnosis of bleeding disorders of the gut (intestine)…. For example, gastric or duodenal ulcers, ulcerative colitis, bowel polyps, and bowel (colorectal) cancer. Bowel (colorectal) cancer
