Virus Genome Detection – Coronaviruses
[Virusgenom-Nachweis – Coronaviren]
EPTIS factsheet 437169 | Last revision 2020-04-15 | URL: https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts437169 https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts437169
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PT provider | INSTAND e.V., Society for Promoting Quality Assurance in Medical Laboratories INSTAND e.V., Society for Promoting Quality Assurance in Medical Laboratories | ||||||
Based in | Germany | ||||||
Language(s) | German, English | ||||||
Remarks | Option of differentiation between MERS coronavirus and other human coronaviruses (samples which contain the MERS coronavirus are inactivated), MERS coronavirus (RNA) - quantitative, MERS coronavirus (RNA) - qualitative, other human coronaviruses (RNA) - quantitative, other human coronaviruses (RNA) - qualitative, SARS-CoV-2 (RNA) - quantitative, SARS-CoV-2 (RNA) - qualitative Next Terms: June 2020: Registration Deadline: April 17th 2020 November 2020: Registration Deadline: September 25th 2020 Please fill in page 2 of the order form for handling of infectious samples for EQAS unless you already returned your completed form 2 to INSTAND e. V. when you registered for recent EQA schemes. Without your confirmation we cannot send you the EQAS samples. The INSTAND EQA schemes in virology are carried out in scientific cooperation with the Deutsche Vereinigung zur Bekämpfung der Viruskrankheiten (DVV e.V.), Gesellschaft für Virologie (GfV e.V.) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie (DGHM e.V.). The characterization of the EQA samples including the determination of the target values/consensus values is carried out in cooperation with the INSTAND Expert laboratories. EQA results can only be submitted online! Cooperation with: Nationales Konsiliarlabor für Coronaviren, Institut für Virologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin | ||||||
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Human test material
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Medical analysis
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Number of participants | >200 | ||||||
Accredited or otherwise reviewed by a 3rd party |
Accredited by DAkkS (Germany) on the basis of ISO/IEC 17043 |
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Operation is commissioned / requested by | German Bundesärztekammer (General medical Council) | ||||||
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Participation fee | 295 € / Survey | ||||||
Regularly operated | Yes (2 times per year) | ||||||
Year of first operation | Experience with operation of ILCs since 1968 | ||||||
Contact details of the PT provider | |||||||
Provider | Contact person | ||||||
INSTAND e.V., Society for Promoting Quality Assurance in Medical Laboratories
P.O.Box 250211, Ubierstrasse 20 40223 Düsseldorf Germany Phone: +49-211-159213-0 Fax: Web: http://www.instandev.de/ http://www.instandev.de/ |
Dr. rer. nat. Nathalie Weiss
Phone: +49-211-159213430 Fax: Email: weiss@instand-ev.de weiss@instand-ev.de |