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Medical Informatics Europe 82 pp 121–123Cite as

Irish External Quality Assessment Scheme in Clinical Biochemistry

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In June 1981 the Irish Assessment Scheme was introduced. Each month a stabilised sample of blood serum is distributed and participants are requested to perform certain analyses. Sera from different manufacturers of human and animal based origin are distributed. Sera are usually lyophilised but a stabilised liquid sample has been distributed. Individual report forms are returned to the participants within two days of the closing date for receipt of results. The Scheme is operated on a confidential basis. Each participant is assigned a code number — identity of laboratory is known only to the organiser. The Scheme is based on the routine analysis of sodium, potassium, chloride, urea, glucose, calcium, phosphate, iron, urate, creatinine, bilirubin, total protein, albumin, cholesterol, LDH and AST. The Scheme is flexible and on certain months the regular list of sixteen constituents will be replaced by some less commonly analysed constituents.

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  1. Reed, A., Henry, R., and Mason, W., Clin. Chem. 1971, 17, 275

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  1. National Board for Science & Technology, Shelbourne House, Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4, Ireland

    F. M. McSweeney (Organiser of Scheme)

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  1. F. M. McSweeney
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  2. E. J. Barrett
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  3. J. Brady
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  1. The Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals, P.O. Box 795, James’ St., Dublin 8, Ireland

    R. R. O’Moore

  2. North East Thames Regional Health Authority, 40, Eastbourne Terrace, London, W2 3QR, Great Britain

    B. Barber

  3. Institute for Medical Informatics, Medizinische Hochschule, Postfach 61 01 80, 3000, Hannover 61, Germany

    P. L. Reichertz

  4. Centre d’informatique Medicale, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc., av. Hippocrate 10, bte 3718, 1200, Bruxelles, Belgium

    F. Roger

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McSweeney, F.M., Barrett, E.J., Brady, J., Duggan, P.F., McSweeney, J.R., O’Moore, R. (1982). Irish External Quality Assessment Scheme in Clinical Biochemistry. In: O’Moore, R.R., Barber, B., Reichertz, P.L., Roger, F. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 82. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93201-4_23

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