Internal Quality Control and External Quality Assurance in Testing for Antiphospholipid Antibodies: Part II—Lupus Anticoagulant

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (04) ◽  
pp. 404-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Favaloro ◽  
Roslyn Bonar ◽  
Katherine Marsden
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Antiphospholipid Antibodies ◽  
Lupus Anticoagulant ◽  
External Quality Assurance ◽  
Internal Quality Control ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
External Quality

scholarly journals Can a combination of average of normals and “real time” External Quality Assurance replace Internal Quality Control?

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Badrick ◽  
Peter Graham
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
External Quality Assurance ◽  
Internal Quality Control ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
External Quality ◽  
Laboratory Staff ◽  
Improved Stability ◽  
Control Situations

Abstract Internal Quality Control and External Quality Assurance are separate but related processes that have developed independently in laboratory medicine over many years. They have different sample frequencies, statistical interpretations and immediacy. Both processes have evolved absorbing new understandings of the concept of laboratory error, sample material matrix and assay capability. However, we do not believe at the coalface that either process has led to much improvement in patient outcomes recently. It is the increasing reliability and automation of analytical platforms along with improved stability of reagents that has reduced systematic and random error, which in turn has minimised the risk of running less frequent IQC. We suggest that it is time to rethink the role of both these processes and unite them into a single approach using an Average of Normals model supported by more frequent External Quality Assurance samples. This new paradigm may lead to less confusion for laboratory staff and quicker responses to and identification of out of control situations.

scholarly journals Challenges in Quality Assurance: A Ten-Year Journey

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 01016
Author(s):  
Jenny Mochtar ◽  
Gan Shu San
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Academic Standards ◽  
External Quality Assurance ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
External Quality ◽  
Christian University ◽  
Internal Quality Assurance

Academic quality is defined as the equivalent to academic standards related to student learning outcomes, which consist of specific levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities achieved by students participating in a program. The achievement of academic standards is accommodated by implementing both internal and external quality assurance practices. Internal quality assurance refers to policies and practices used by the higher education institutions to monitor and improve the quality of their education, while external quality assurance refers to policies and practices set up by external parties to assure the quality of higher education institutions and programs. Petra Christian University has built and implemented its internal quality assurance since 2009 based on its unique quality culture. After its ten-year journey and the achievements that Petra Christian University has reached in 2019, the Industrial Revolution 4.0 and Society 5.0 are challenges ahead that Petra Christian University has to face.

scholarly journals Internal quality assurance in a clinical virology laboratory. II. Internal quality control.

1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
J J Gray ◽  
T G Wreghitt ◽  
T A McKee ◽  
P McIntyre ◽  
C E Roth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Internal Quality Control ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Internal Quality Assurance
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