UK NEQAS Cellular Pathology Technique (CPT)
EPTIS factsheet 155760 | Last revision 2018-02-28 | URL: https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts155760 https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts155760
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| PT provider | UK NEQAS for Cellular Pathology Technique (CPT) UK NEQAS for Cellular Pathology Technique (CPT) | ||||||
| Based in | United Kingdom | ||||||
| Language(s) | English with some documents translated into local language | ||||||
| Remarks | UK NEQAS Cellular Pathology Technique (CPT) is an international organisation providing a comprehensive range of accredited external quality assessment (EQA) and proficiency testing programmes for all aspects of tissue diagnostics. We provide a secure and established set of schemes, with a first-class reputation and an extensive and stable participant base for both clinical and non-clinical laboratories and organisations in the UK and across the globe. Our aim is to ensure that all our participants receive high quality, appropriate, clinically relevant and challenging samples that fully meet their facility’s requirements; and that our assessment of those samples is consistent, carried out by qualified assessors, graded and anonymously compared and peer reviewed. UK NEQAS CPT also benefits your laboratory via direct communication with our office to access troubleshooting expertise, helping you proactively mitigate issues and supporting your efforts to improve the quality of care provided to patients. | ||||||
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| Product groups |
Animal test material
Human test material |
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| Testing fields |
Biology
Materials evaluation Veterinary analysis |
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| Aims of the PT scheme | |||||||
| Target group of participants | All tissue diagnostic departments, both clinical and non-clinical laboratories and organisations, across the globe | ||||||
| Linked to specific legislation / standards | ISO 17043 | ||||||
| Additional, subsidiary aims | characterisation of reference materials and validation of testing methods | ||||||
| Number of participants | 800 | ||||||
| Accredited or otherwise reviewed by a 3rd party |
Accredited by UKAS on the basis of ISO/IEC 17043 Recognised by UK NEQAS on the basis of scheme provision for cellular pathology EQA/proficiency testing |
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| Participation fee | Price upon Request | ||||||
| Regularly operated | Yes (6 distributions annually) | ||||||
| Year of first operation | can join at any point through the year | ||||||
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UK NEQAS for Cellular Pathology Technique (CPT)
The Pathology Centre Queen Elizabeth Hospital NE9 6SX Gateshead United Kingdom Phone: 0191 445 2525 Fax: 0191 445 5994 Web: http://www.ukneqascpt.org.uk http://www.ukneqascpt.org.uk |
Chantell Hodgson
Phone: 0191 445 5566 Fax: 0191 445 5994 Email: cpt@ukneqas.org.uk cpt@ukneqas.org.uk |
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