Korean J Blood Transfus.  2008 Dec;19(3):207-215.

The Current Status of HIV Serologic Testing in Korean Clinical Laboratories during the Year 2007

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kimhs54@yuhs.ac
  • 2Division of R&D, ShinjinMedix Co., Seoul, Korea.
  • 3National Institute of Health, Division of AIDS, Center for Immunology and Pathology, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

BACKGROUND
HIV serologic testing is essential for blood donor screening, and the test results should be accurate. It is important that clinical laboratories perform quality control, quality management and standardization for obtaining accurate laboratory results. The Korean National Institute of Health, the Division of AIDS and the Center for Immunology and Pathology have all performed annual external quality surveillance assessment (EQS, EQA) with using a 5 sera panel for all the Korean HIV testing laboratories that have collaborated with the Quality Assurance Committee of the Korean Society of Laboratory Medicine since 2005. The results of HIV testing in the clinical laboratories during the year 2007 were analyzed.
METHODS
The results for the clinical laboratories that participated in the HIV EQAS during 2007 were collected and analyzed. The HIV test results and questionnaire data were sent to the web site "http://hivqa.nih.go.kr". Three hundred thirty two results from 303 institutions in 2007 were analyzed.
RESULTS
The most widely used HIV testing method was an automated chemiluminescent immunoassay, such as the Abbott AxSym and the Architect system or the Roche Elecsys. About 5% of erroneous results were reported among 332 results. The causes of error were mostly clerical errors and specimen errors.
CONCLUSION
The current status for HIV testing in Korean clinical laboratories was that fully automated immunoassay analyzers were used along with manual POCT tests.

Keyword

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Quality control (QC); External quality assurance system (EQAS)

MeSH Terms

Blood Donors
HIV
Humans
Immunoassay
Mass Screening
Quality Control
Serologic Tests
Surveys and Questionnaires
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