EPTIS – ESEAP: Greek EQA Scheme. Part 1 - Clinical chemistry (substrates, electrolytes, enzymes) (EPTIS-ID 138865)

ESEAP: Greek EQA Scheme. Part 1 - Clinical chemistry (substrates, electrolytes, enzymes)

EPTIS factsheet 138865 | Last revision 2016-11-15 | URL: https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts138865 https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts138865

PT provider

PT provider

ESEAP

Based in

Greece

Language(s)

Greek

Remarks

A cycle of the program involves twelve distributions and covers a two year period. Following the analysis of two lyophilized controls of different concentrations, participants submit data via a web application and receive reports and information on their performance through the Internet. The analytes are statistically processed on the overall results, regardless of the methodology. After the elimination of outliers (elimination in two passes of all results > +2.5SD or < -2.5SD of the mean value), the “consensus” mean, namely the mean from all individual results, is used as target value. Statistical evaluation is also related to the method or the analyzer used and includes three different charts: distribution histograms, Levey-Jennings charts and Youden plots. The software of ESEAP permits the grouping of methods and instruments (analyzers), the enhancement of the statistical evaluation of the results, as well as the evaluation of reproducibility of the measurements using 4 samples during each year. Furthermore, at the end of each two-year cycle, participants are assessed through an original scoring and ranking system, allowing them to follow their individual performance across time and their position among all other laboratories participating in the cycle. There is also a monthly program with twelve distributions of two samples per year.

Keywords

Product groups

Human test material

Testing fields

Medical analysis

Technical details

Test item	Tested property	Testing method
Sera of human origin, lyophilized	Calcium	-
	Magnesium	-
	Potassium	-
	Sodium	-
	Chloride (Cl-)	-
	Glucose	-
	Cholesterol	-
	Iron	-
	Phosphorus	-
	Triglycerides	-
	Urea	-
	Albumin	-
	Aspartate aminotransferase	-
	Creatinine	-
	Gamma glutamyl transferase	-
	Uric acid	-
	Amylase	-
	Lactate dehydrogenase	-
	Protein, total	-
	Bilirubin, total	-
	Bilirubin, direct	-
	Cholesterol, HDL	-
	Phosphatase, alkaline	-
	Creatinine kinase	-
	Alanine aminotransferase	-

Aims of the PT scheme

Target group of participants

Clinical Laboratories

Linked to specific legislation / standards

Additional, subsidiary aims

validation of testing methods

Number of participants

300

Accredited or otherwise reviewed by a 3^rd party

Accredited by ESYD the Greek Accreditation Body on the basis of ISO 17043:2010 (Certificate No 820, 18/6/2012)

Recognised by TÜV Hellas on the basis of ISO 9001

Operation is commissioned / requested by

Fees and frequency

Participation fee

320 Euro + VAT (bimonthly), 480 Euro + VAT (monthly)

Regularly operated

Yes (monthly or bimonthly)

Year of first operation

1994

Contact details of the PT provider

Provider

Contact person

ESEAP
47, Alopekis str.
10676 Athens
Greece

Phone: +30 2107292403
Fax: +30 2103645392
Web: http://www.eseap.gr

Dr. Otto Panagiotakis
Phone: +30 6978904022
Fax: +30 2103645392
Email: info@eseap.gr

If you find any mistakes please contact the responsible EPTIS coordinator in Greece, Ms Vicky Nikou.

ESEAP: Greek EQA Scheme. Part 1 - Clinical chemistry (substrates, electrolytes, enzymes) EPTIS factsheet 138865 | Last revision 2016-11-15 | URL: https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts138865 https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts138865

ESEAP: Greek EQA Scheme. Part 1 - Clinical chemistry (substrates, electrolytes, enzymes)

EPTIS factsheet 138865 | Last revision 2016-11-15 | URL: https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts138865 https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts138865