| Session 1: How to assess the participants – possibilities for harmonization? | ||
| Scoring systems quantitative schemes – what are the different principles? | Frank Baumeister | |
| Scoring systems for qualitative schemes – response to a questionnaire | Vivienne James | |
| Session 2: Harmonization of reference intervals: contribution of EQA schemes | ||
| How to harmonize reference intervals – role of EQA | Richard Jones | |
| Harmonisation of reference intervals: Contribution of EQA Schemes | Finlay MacKenzie | |
| Session 3: Basics of the EQAS surveys: control materials | ||
| Commutability of control material: How should we examine it | Christa Cobbaert | |
| Homogeneity of EQA samples – requirements according to ISO/IEC 17043 | Frank Baumeister | |
| Quality specifications for control materials | Inger Plum | |
| Session 4: Adam Uldall Lecture | ||
| The role of EQA providers in the harmonization process: a plea for using native sera in external quality assurance
Newer trends in EQAS – continuous peer-group monitoring of laboratory data
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| Session 5: Newer trends in EQAS | ||
| Finding the "Bugs" through EQA | Shan Lloyd | |
| EQA interpretative scheme | Dina Patel | |
| ERNDIM Diagnostic Proficiency Testing schemes: challenge for the harmonization of results submission and reporting tools | Christine Saban | |
| Contributions from Working Group projects | ||
| Harmonization of CBC reference ranges for European EQAS | Mohamed Rida Soumali / Stéphanie Albarède | |
| Results, evaluation and education on virtual samples | Link | Istvan Juhos |
| Abstracts | ||
| Multisite evaluation of a new five-part differential control material for haematology | Eva Ajzner | |
| External Quality Assessment scheme for calprotectin Ò the need for harmonization | Gunnar Nordin (Marie Lundberg ) | |
| Collaborative study Brazil-Portugal: validation of HPV lyophilised samples for the control of molecular tests. | Maria Elizabeth Menezes | |
| Evaluation of Romanian microbiology laboratories for the identification and antibiotic susceptibility of microbiological agents. Survey results of the 2013 External Quality Assessment Scheme | Chifiriuc Mariana Carmen | |
| Successful harmonisation of haemoglobin units in the UK | Barbara De la Salle |
