Laboratory Performance and
Quality Assurance
(Two workshops during the year
2008)
Organized by: Dr. Gihane I. Khalil
,Dr. Marwa K. El-Ghandour,
Dr. Rania M. El-Sharkawy and Dr.
Salwa Hamdy
NB. Enrollment limited to 15
participants
Course
Objectives:
Laboratory
performance and quality Assurance programs ensure laboratory staff, clinicians
and patients that laboratory test results are reliable, reproducible and
relevant. A Quality Assurance program that includes Internal Quality Control,
External Quality Assessment and Quality Management is an effective tool to
improve trust in laboratory test results.
Therefore, all
laboratory personnel must be familiar with terms and procedures of the
Laboratory performance and quality Assurance Program.
|
Day |
Time |
Morning
Session |
Time |
Afternoon
Session |
|
1st |
10:00 – 11:00
15 min break
11:15 – 11.45 |
Source of Variation in lab
· Pre-analytical stage
· Analytical stage
· Post-analytical stage
Types of
Error
· Random
· Systematic
|
12:00 – 02:00
15 min break
02:15 – 03:00 |
Laboratory Performance
· Analytical performance
· Precision
· Accuracy
· Interference
· Detection limit
· Diagnostic performance
· Diagnostic sensitivity
· Diagnostic specificity
· Predictive values
· Roc curve
· LR ratio
Practical
session |
|
2nd |
10:00 – 11:00
15 min break
11:15 – 12:15 |
Introduction to
quality assurance
· External quality assessment
· Internal quality control
Elements of
quality assurance program |
12:30-01:30
15 min break
01:45-03:00
|
Control of preanalytical variables
Practical
session |
|
3rd |
10:00 – 11:00
15 min break
11:15 – 12:15 |
Control of
analytical variables
Control of
analytical quality using stable control material |
12:30-01:30
15 min break
01:45- 2:30 |
Control of analytical quality using patient data
Practical
Session |