J Clin Pathol Qual Control.  1999 Jun;21(1):81-93.

Annual Report on External Quality Assessment in Urinalysis in Korea (1998)

• Kim KD
• Koo SH
• Kim EC
• Kim JM
• Kim CH
• Kim JQ
• Kim HJ
• Moon DS
• Min WK
• Yoon K
• Cheung DJ
• Cho SS

Abstract

One external quality assessment trial which composed of five control materials (four chemical materials, one parasite material) for interlaboratory quality control assessment in urinalysis and parasitology were performed with 324 participants in the year of 1998. The survey results are summarized as follows: 1. Parasite egg quality control assessment performed with slightly improved in correct result than last year. 2. The chemical quality control test in urinalysis revealed generally good concordance, except reagent distribution. 3. The percentage of using urinalysis analyzer was 76.5% and the distribution of using reagent strip was quite vary as last year.

MeSH Terms

Korea*
Ovum
Parasites
Parasitology
Quality Control
Reagent Strips
Urinalysis*
Reagent Strips