External QA in Thalassemia Lab
The lab have 2 external QA:
1) College of American Pathologists (CAP)
2) RCPA (Australia-based)
The exercise is done 4 times a year for both CAP and RCPA. In the Thalassemia lab, CAP covers QA of the variant test, Hb-H test, Hb-A2 and Hb-F quantitation, sickling test and the alkaline and acid Hb electrophoresis test. The RCPA covers all tests except for the sickling test.
Unknown samples will be sent to the lab. The tests will be performed and results will be sent back to the the CAP and RCPA.
The CAP also covers disposal waste. Checks will be conducted to see if waste are disposed off accordingly. (e.g: Blood-stained equipments/objects disposed off in biohazard bins, used microscopy slides in sharp bins)
The lab have 2 external QA:
1) College of American Pathologists (CAP)
2) RCPA (Australia-based)
The exercise is done 4 times a year for both CAP and RCPA. In the Thalassemia lab, CAP covers QA of the variant test, Hb-H test, Hb-A2 and Hb-F quantitation, sickling test and the alkaline and acid Hb electrophoresis test. The RCPA covers all tests except for the sickling test.
Unknown samples will be sent to the lab. The tests will be performed and results will be sent back to the the CAP and RCPA.
The CAP also covers disposal waste. Checks will be conducted to see if waste are disposed off accordingly. (e.g: Blood-stained equipments/objects disposed off in biohazard bins, used microscopy slides in sharp bins)
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