Taylor A, Patriarca M, Menditto A, Morisi G
Trace Element Laboratory, Robens Institute of Health and Safety, University of Surrey, Guildford, Great Britain.
Ann Ist Super Sanita. 1996;32(2):295-307.
Since 1979, twelve external quality assessment schemes (EQAS) in occupational and environmental laboratory medicine (OELM) have been developed in nine European countries. These schemes cover a broad range of analytes and matrices and have developed differing procedures for the evaluation of laboratories' performances. Collaboration among EQAS in OELM and harmonisation of methods for evaluation of laboratory performance would be advantageous to cope with the demand for assessment of quality of analytical results for an increasing number of analytes and the need to guarantee comparability and consistency of conclusions on health and regulatory issues in different countries and at an international level. This paper compares the different features of the existing EQAS, to highlight critical points for further discussions, and to make some suggestions for possible further collaboration.
自1979年以来，欧洲九个国家已制定了十二项职业与环境实验室医学（OELM）外部质量评估计划（EQAS）。这些计划涵盖了广泛的分析物和基质，并针对实验室性能评估制定了不同的程序。职业与环境实验室医学外部质量评估计划之间的合作以及实验室性能评估方法的协调，将有利于应对对越来越多分析物的分析结果质量评估的需求，以及保证不同国家和国际层面在健康和监管问题上结论的可比性和一致性。本文比较了现有外部质量评估计划的不同特点，以突出进一步讨论的关键点，并对可能的进一步合作提出一些建议。
