EPTIS – Special EQA Program in Accordance with the RKI-Entero Surveillance Program Virus Detection – Enterovirus-PCR/Cultivation and Typing (typing is required) (EPTIS-ID 437211)

Special EQA Program in Accordance with the RKI-Entero Surveillance Program Virus Detection – Enterovirus-PCR/Cultivation and Typing (typing is required)

[Spezial-Ringversuch im Rahmen des RKI-Entero-Surveillance-Programms Virus-Nachweis – Enterovirus-PCR/Anzucht u. Typisierung (Typ. erforderlich)]

EPTIS factsheet 437211 | Last revision 2017-10-26 | URL: https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts437211 https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts437211

PT provider

PT provider

INSTAND e.V., Society for Promoting Quality Assurance in Medical Laboratories

Based in

Germany

Language(s)

German, English

Remarks

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. Please note: Specification of an enterovirus type is required in this EQA program. This program does NOT replace the EQA scheme “Virus genome detection – Enteroviruses (372)”! Please note that participation in this special EQA program in accordance with the RKI-Entero Surveillance Program requires virus propagation in cell culture before carrying out virus typing. 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. Cooperation with: Nationales Referenzzentrum für Poliomyelitis und Enteroviren, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin Information for 2018 (for details please see www.instand-ev.de -> EQAS and EQAS Online)

Keywords

Product groups

Human test material

Testing fields

Medical analysis

Technical details

Test item	Tested property	Testing method
Suspension of feces	Enterovirus types will be detected using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/ nucleic acid amplification techniques (NAT), virus cultivation and subsequent typing in accordance with the Entero Surveillance Program run by the Robert Koch-Institut (RKI).	-

Aims of the PT scheme

Target group of participants

Linked to specific legislation / standards

Additional, subsidiary aims

Number of participants

< 50

Accredited or otherwise reviewed by a 3^rd party

Accredited by DAkkS (Germany) on the basis of ISO/IEC 17043

Operation is commissioned / requested by

German Bundesärztekammer (General medical Council)

Fees and frequency

Participation fee

172 Euro

Regularly operated

Yes (Once every two years (2018; 2020))

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: +49-211-159213-30
Web: http://www.instandev.de/

Dr. rer. nat. Nathalie Wojtalewicz
Phone: +49-211-15921341
Fax: +49-211-15921330
Email: wojtalewicz@instand-ev.de

If you find any mistakes please contact the responsible EPTIS coordinator in Germany, Mr Johannes van de Kreeke.