Annual Report of the Korean Association of External Quality Assessment Service on Routine Hematology (2021–2022)

Young Kyung Lee; Young Min Kim; the Routine Hematology Program of Korean Association of External Quality Assessment Service

doi:10.15263/jlmqa.2023.45.2.43

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Report On Proficiency Testing

Lab Med Qual Assur 2023; 45(2): 43-51

Published online June 30, 2023

https://doi.org/10.15263/jlmqa.2023.45.2.43

Annual Report of the Korean Association of External Quality Assessment Service on Routine Hematology (2021–2022)

Young Kyung Lee¹ , Young Min Kim² , on behalf of the Routine Hematology Program of Korean Association of External Quality Assessment Service

¹Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine; ²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea

Correspondence to:Young Kyung Lee
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 22 Gwanpyeong-ro 170beongil, Dongan-gu, Anyang 14068, Korea
Tel +82-31-380-1870
E-mail lyoungk@hallym.or.kr

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The Routine Hematology Program of the Korean Association of External Quality Assessment Service performed four trials of proficiency tests for complete blood count (CBC) in 2021 and 2022. Three different control samples were sent for CBC testing during each trial. The numbers of the participating laboratories were 1,839 and 1,856 in 2021 and 2022, respectively with the response rate of 98.5% in both years. The distribution of equipment for CBC testing was comparable to that of the previous year. The coefficient of variance (CV) ranges in 2021 were determined as 3.0%–3.8%, 1.7%–2.3%, 1.6%–2.9%, 4.1%–5.1%, and 4.7%–7.2% and those of 2022 were 3.2%–4.9%, 1.7%–2.8%, 1.6%–4.0%, 4.4%–6.7%, and 4.5%–9.0% for white blood cell counts, red blood cell counts, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelet counts, respectively. The number of participating laboratories increased continuously and the CVs of CBC results were similar to the previous years.

Keywords: Proficiency test, Blood cell count