Drucker Diagnostics Paralens Advance User Manual
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4.5.3 QBC Proficiency Tests
Proficiency testing is an external evaluation
of the quality of a laboratory’s performance.
Laboratories enrolled in a proficiency testing
program will receive five unknown samples,
three times a year. These samples are tested
in the same way that patient samples are
tested. The results are submitted to the
proficiency testing program for comparison
to results obtained by other laboratories in
your peer group. Below is a list of proficiency
testing service companies.
Groups Offering QBC Hematology Proficiency Testing Services (Partial Listing):
• American Proficiency Institute (API)
1159 Business Park Drive
Traverse City, MI 49686
800-333-0958
www.api-pt.com
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
PT Program Coordinator
11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway
Leawood, KS 66211
800-274-2237
www.aafp.org
• American Association of Bioanalysts (AAB)
205 West Levee
Brownsville, Texas 78520
800-234-5615
www.aab.org
• American College of Phycisians (ACPS)
2011 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20006
800-338-2746
www.acponline.org
• College of American Pathologists (CAP)
Surveys Department
325 Waukegan Road
Northfield, Illinois 60093
800-323-4040
www.cap.org
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CAUTION
Check the instructions accompanying the
survey samples to determine which Autoread
Plus analyzer mode should be used for testing
them. Follow the data entry instructions
provided by the proficiency service. Be sure to
enter the correct tube type and analyzer type in
the appropriate places.