Lab Med Qual Assur.  2020 Dec;42(4):157-165. 10.15263/jlmqa.2020.42.4.157.

Annual Report of the Korean Association of External Quality Assessment Service on Urinalysis and Fecal Occult Blood Testing (2019)

• Jeon CH
• Kim SG
• Bae YC

• KMID: 2510297
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15263/jlmqa.2020.42.4.157

Abstract

In 2019, external quality assessment trials for urinalysis and fecal occult blood (FOB) testing were conducted using data from 1,650 participants. Urine chemistry tests were performed thrice, while urine sediment and FOB tests were performed twice. Urine chemistry tests consisted of pH, protein, glucose, ketone bodies, bilirubin, blood, urobilinogen, nitrite, leukocyte, and specific gravity analyses. The results of urine chemistry and specific gravity tests showed accuracy rates >95%, except for the pH test; however, in the few instruments, the accuracy rates of pH, along with glucose, ketone, bilirubin, blood, urobilinogen, and leukocytes were <50%, suggesting matrix effects of quality control materials. The accuracy rates of urine sediment analyses were low, especially for contrast media, white blood cast, and broad casts. In contrast, the ability to differentiate between transitional and renal tubular epithelial was high. In the FOB quality test, reagents showed accuracy rates >90%, except for SD (Standard Diagnostics, Korea) and Humasis FOB reagents (Humasis Co., Korea). The accuracy rates of SD FOB reagents improved in the negative specimens. In the FOB quantitative test, the Alfresa NS-Plus C instrument (Alfresa Pharma Co., Japan) showed high values in negative specimens; fortunately, its usage has declined.

Keyword

Quality control; Urinalysis; Occult blood; Accuracy