National laboratory EQA on bacterial pathogens: interface

External Quality Assessment (EQA) is a must-have for all laboratories engaged in QMS or accreditation. While clinical EQA can easily be shipped internationally at low costs, it is much more complex and costly to send live organisms for bacteriology EQA.

A good alternative is the development of a national EQA program for bacteriology, allowing high-quality simulated specimens to be prepared within a well-documented program.

Based on the outcomes of the National laboratory EQA workshop (program shaping and documentation development), this interface training will allow participants to learn how to use the EQA tool, set up and report on surveys.