J Clin Pathol Qual Control.
1999 Jun;21(1):143-146.
Annual Report on External Quality Assessment in Inborn Error of Metabolism in Korea (1998)
- Affiliations
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- 1Inborn Error of Metabolism Subcommittee, The Korean Association of Quality Assurance for Clinical Pathology, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Second trial of external quality assessment for inborn error of metabolism was performed in 1998. A total six specimens for neonatal screening test were distributed to 57 laboratories with a response rate of 77%. All the control materials were sent as a filter paper form. Each laboratory replied the test result as the screening items they were doing as a routine test at the reception of the specimen among PKU screening, neonatal TSH, neonatal T4 (total, free), galactosemia screen, 17-OH progesterone, maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) screen, homocystinuria screen and histidinemia screen. The mean, SD, and CV were analyzed.