J Clin Pathol Qual Control.
1998 Jun;20(1):83-95.
Annual Report on External Quality Assessment in Urinalysis in Korea (1997)
- Affiliations
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- 1The Urinalysis &Routine Microscopy Subcommittee, The Korean Association of Quality Assurance for Clinical Pathology Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Three external quality assessment trials which composed of 6 control materials (4 chemical materials, 2 microscopic materials) for interlaboratory quality control assessment in urinalysis and parasitology were performed with 400 participants in the year of 1997. The survey results are summarized as follows; 1. Parasite egg quality control assessment performed firstly with microscopic slide. 2. In the urinary sediment proficiency test, the renal tubular epithelial cell expected responses were only 28.4%. 3. The chemical quality control test in urinalysis revealed generally very good concordance. 4. The percentage of using urinalysis analyzer was 78.9% and the distribution of using reagent strip was similar as last year.