Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance

Table. 2.

Type and reporting rate of laboratories participating in the syphilis serology proficiency testing between 2020–2021

Type of laboratory 2020 1st trial 2020 2nd trial 2021 1st trial 2021 2nd trial
Nontreponemal Treponemal Nontreponemal Treponemal Nontreponemal Treponemal Nontreponemal Treponemal
Tertiary hospital 44/44 (100.0) 35/44 (79.5) 44/44 (100.0) 36/44 (77.3) 42/42 (100.0) 35/42 (83.3) 43/43 (100.0) 35/43 (81.4)
General hospital 266/276 (96.7) 114/276 (41.3) 268/278 (96.4) 114/278 (41.0) 269/281 (95.7) 118/281 (42.0) 275/287 (95.8) 111/287 (38.7)
Small hospital 144/166 (86.7) 40/166 (24.1) 146/168 (86.9) 39/168 (21.4) 142/164 (86.6) 39/164 (23.8) 142/164 (86.6) 36/164 (22.0)
Physician’s clinic 40/59 (67.8) 34/59 (57.6) 39/60 (65.0) 35/60 (58.3) 41/59 (69.5) 34/59 (57.6) 40/59 (67.8) 33/59 (55.9)
Military hospital 9/11 (81.8) 5/11 (45.5) 9/11 (81.8) 5/11 (45.5) 10/12 (83.3) 5/12 (41.7) 11/12 (91.7) 4/12 (33.3)
Public health center 10/10 (100.0) 10/10 (100.0) 9/9 (100.0) 9/9 (100.0) 9/9 (100.0) 9/9 (100.0) 8/8 (100) 7/8 (87.5)
Independent medical laboratory 14/15 (93.3) 13/15 (86.7) 14/15 (93.3) 13/15 (86.7) 14/45 (31.1) 12/45 (26.7) 14/15 (93.3) 12/15 (80.0)
Blood laboratory center 4/4 (100.0) 4/4 (100.0) 4/4 (100.0) 4/4 (100.0) 3/3 (100.0) 3/3 (100.0) 3/4 (75.0) 4/4 (100.0)
Total 531/585 (90.1) 255/585 (43.6) 533/589 (90.5) 255/589 (43.3) 530/585 (90.6) 255/585 (43.6) 536/592 (90.5) 242/592 (40.9)

Values are presented as the number of laboratories, which reported the test results/total number of participated laboratories (%).

Lab Med Qual Assur 2023;45:98~106 https://doi.org/10.15263/jlmqa.2023.45.3.98
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