Analysis of the results of the SEIMC External Quality Control Programme. Year 2017
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed). 2020 Jan:38 Suppl 1:45-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2020.02.008.
[Article in
English,
Spanish]
Affiliations
- 1 Programa de Control de Calidad Externo SEIMC; Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, España. Electronic address: enrique.ruiz@ssib.es.
- 2 Programa de Control de Calidad Externo SEIMC; Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Francesc de Borja, Gandía, València, España.
- 3 Programa de Control de Calidad Externo SEIMC; Servicio de Microbiología, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario, València, España.
- 4 Programa de Control de Calidad Externo SEIMC.
- 5 Programa de Control de Calidad Externo SEIMC; Servicio de Microbiología, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario, València, España; Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de València, València, España.
Abstract
This article provides an analysis of the results obtained in 2017 by the participants inscribed in the External Quality Control Programme of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC), which includes controls for bacteriology, serology, mycology, parasitology, mycobacteria, virology, molecular microbiology, and genotypic bacterial resistance. The results obtained in 2017 confirm the excellent skill and good technical standards found in previous editions. However, the programme again showed that erroneous results can be obtained in any laboratory and even in clinically relevant determinations. Once again, the results of this program highlight the need to implement both internal and external controls, as in the SEIMC programme.
Keywords:
Clinical microbiology; Control externo de calidad; External quality control; Microbiología clínica.
Copyright © 2020. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U.
MeSH terms
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Bacteriology
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Humans
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Infectious Disease Medicine / standards*
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Laboratories / standards*
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Microbiology / standards*
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Mycology
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Quality Control*
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Spain