EQA-EMV (External Quality Assurance scheme in EM Viral Diagnosis)
EPTIS factsheet 120852 | Last revision 2020-04-17 | URL: https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts120852 https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts120852
PT provider | |||||||||||||
PT provider | Robert Koch Institute Robert Koch Institute | ||||||||||||
Based in | Germany | ||||||||||||
Language(s) | English | ||||||||||||
Remarks | |||||||||||||
Keywords | |||||||||||||
Product groups |
Animal test material
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Testing fields |
Biology
Environmental protection Medical analysis |
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Technical details | |||||||||||||
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Aims of the PT scheme | |||||||||||||
Target group of participants | Microscopists (any professional background) which need to identify viruses by electron microscopy | ||||||||||||
Linked to specific legislation / standards | |||||||||||||
Additional, subsidiary aims | characterisation of reference materials and validation of testing methods | ||||||||||||
Number of participants | 100 | ||||||||||||
Accredited or otherwise reviewed by a 3rd party | |||||||||||||
Operation is commissioned / requested by | INSTAND e.V., European Soc. Clin. Virology, Europ. Soc. for Veterinary Virology, Deutsche Ges. für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie, Deutsche Ges. für Elektronenmikroskopie | ||||||||||||
Fees and frequency | |||||||||||||
Participation fee | No fee. | ||||||||||||
Regularly operated | Yes (once a year) | ||||||||||||
Year of first operation | 1994 | ||||||||||||
Contact details of the PT provider | |||||||||||||
Provider | Contact person | ||||||||||||
Robert Koch Institute
Seestrasse 10 D-13353 Berlin Germany Phone: +49-30-18754-0 Fax: +49-30-18754-0 Web: https://www.rki.de/cl-em https://www.rki.de/cl-em |
Dr. Michael Laue
Phone: +49-30-18754-2675 Fax: Email: LaueM@rki.de LaueM@rki.de |