Lawson N S, Howanitz P J
Department of Pathology, St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Mich, USA.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1997 Sep;121(9):1000-8.
Since its creation in 1970, the College of American Pathologists Quality Assurance Service Committee has provided important and highly respected interlaboratory programs for daily quality control. In 1988, this committee extended its domain by announcing Q-Probes, a unique benchmarking program for laboratory quality assurance. Because of the success and rapid growth of this program during the next 2 years, the Quality Assurance Service Committee expanded into two committees, namely, QAS-QC and QAS-QA, with expertise concentrated, respectively, in quality control and quality assurance. These committees have compiled a history of significant scientific and educational contributions to members, the international laboratory community, other physicians, and patients. New directions for both committees are now underway so that their contributions can continue in the rapidly changing field of pathology and laboratory medicine.
自1970年成立以来，美国病理学家学会质量保证服务委员会一直为日常质量控制提供重要且备受推崇的实验室间项目。1988年，该委员会通过推出Q-Probes扩展了其领域，Q-Probes是一个用于实验室质量保证的独特基准测试项目。由于该项目在接下来的两年中取得了成功并迅速发展，质量保证服务委员会扩展为两个委员会，即QAS-QC和QAS-QA，其专业知识分别集中在质量控制和质量保证方面。这些委员会为会员、国际实验室界、其他医生和患者做出了重大的科学和教育贡献。现在，两个委员会都在朝着新的方向发展，以便在快速变化的病理学和检验医学领域继续做出贡献。
