EQA ESRA

Program description:

"EQA ESRA" is an external quality assessment program that controls the measurement of the aggregation of RBC.

The control can be used on instruments ALIFAX®  brand (Test1, Roller10, Roller20, Jo-Plus) and all others instruments using the same instrument's method.

Shipments are scheduled four times a year (February,May, August and November) with 2 samples (tubes with 4ml of blood with pathologics and normal levels) with human RBC.

Parameters:

Sedimentation rate (mm/h)

Comparison groups:

All techniques comparison: Statistical treatment made with all the EQA results, all techniques included.

Peer group comparison: Statistical treatment made with the EQA results from laboratories which use the same manufacturer’analyzers.

(Quick ESR measurement)