J Clin Pathol Qual Control.  1998 Jun;20(1):147-153.

Annual Report on External Quality Assessment in Diagnostic Genetics in Korea (1997)

• Cho HC
• Kim SH
• Park SS
• Yoon HR
• Kim EC
• Park SJ
• Park JW
• Seo SP
• Song KS
• Lee YK
• Jeon HJ
• Chi HS

Abstract

Most genetic laboratories have experienced dramatic growth throughout 1990s and are still expanding with wider application of new molecular genetic and cytogenetic technologies. Thus the importance of quality control for those genetic tests continues to be emphasized with increasing clinical demands. The external quality assessment program of KSQACP will be one of the best answers for that. The subcommittee conducted two surveys of the genetic laboratories in Korea and performed a proficiency trial for cytogenetic study in the first year, 1997. Most genetic laboratories are small-sized with limited test items and so there are many difficulties to be expected for the quality assurance. The first trial for chromosome study with three cases was distributed to 30 laboratories and most cytogenetic laboratories performed acceptable. External quality assessment program with an increasing participation of molecular and cytogenetic laboratories will be very helpful to improve the quality of diagnostic genetic laboratories in Korea.

MeSH Terms

Cytogenetics
Genetics*
Korea*
Molecular Biology
Quality Control