EIA (Equine infectious anemia) blood serum samples

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The EIA (Equine infectious anemia) blood serum samples proficiency scheme consists on the diagnosis of Equine Infectious Anemia in samples of equine, asinine or mule serum, with any laboratory that can perform the test being elegible to participate.

The participants must test the equine, asinine or mule serum samples, performing a qualitative (positive or negative) identification on the presence or absence of antibodies against the Equine Infectious Anemia vírus. The participant should proceed as in their practical routine following the specific test ordinance of Equine Infectious Anemia, “Técnica de ensaio para o diagnóstico AIE portaria MAPA Nº 84, de 19 de outubro de 1992”.

Qualabor guarantees that the identity of the proficiency testing program participant is confidential and only known by the people involved into the proficiency testing program operation, unless the participant disclaims its confidentiality. Qualabor guarantees that all information given by participants is treated as confidential.

For qualitative testing Qualabor follows the following order for choice priority.

01) Direct comparison with the mode of the group - In the testing area there are no clearly defined levels of quality between different laboratories for the same test, so it is difficult to determine a laboratory with higher quality of the test by the participants of the program. Thus, the use of a group consensus reference value is more applicable, in this case determined by the mode, because the results are qualitative, to this mode have a robust significance is considered when the mode is greater than 75%. As the results are qualitative it is not possible to use evaluation tools such as the z-score or normalized error, so a direct comparison between the assigned result and the result of the participant is used. In order to be able to reach a group consensus with minimal robustness, these criteria will only be used for programs with 4 or more participants.

 

02) Direct comparison with a reference value - When it is not possible to form groups for the program with more than 3 participants, or the 75% mode has not been achieved for groups of more than 3 participants, the assigned value used will be a reference value previously validated with the participants and whenever this value exists it must be obtained by an accredited laboratory.

The activities of Qualabor as proficiency testing provider are done with impartiality and are structured and managed to guarantee the impartiality, Qualabor also guarantee that commercial, financial and other types of pressure will not compromise Qualabor’s impartiality. This is guaranteed through the acknowledgment and agreement term, signed by Qualabor collaborators who affect the quality of proficiency testing.

Schedule

* This schedule can be modified before the round confirmation for Qualabor, client or regulatory bodies’ necessity.

Investment

For this PT, the participant will be charged with the following values:

USD 1.500 (base value) + other taxes (if applicable according to the country of origin of the participant, the participant will bear the costs, without paying this taxes to Qualabor)

Accreditation

Qualabor accreditation process is actually in progress.

Reference Standards

Qualabor's QMS is implemented and effectively maintained according ISO/IEC 17043.

EPTIS

EPTIS helps you find a suitable proficiency testing (PT) scheme for your laboratory (a PT scheme is a coherent series of single rounds). For a large number of schemes we have produced data sheets and collected them in the EPTIS database. What is not included in the database is topical information on next PT rounds. When is the next round, and what is the matrix material this time? This information is too dynamic as to be included in the database. But you can find such details for a selection of schemes in our PT calendar.

At present, a listing on the database is only open to PT providers from countries that are covered by our so-called coordinators. They check the plausibility of the data sheet submissions and decide on their publication. They speak the language and are ideally familiar with local PT providers and cultural peculiarities. This helps to safeguard a reasonable level of database quality. There is no cost for PT providers who follow this basic mechanism.

Source: EPTIS

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https://www.eptis.bam.de/eptis/WebSearch/view/295423

In case of complaint or appeal of proficiency program results the following steps should be follow:

• The participant should send for Qualabor by email the complaint or appeal through pep@qualabor.com.br;
• When the email arrived to Qualabor, the participant will be notified that its complaint/appeal was received and may request information about its progress whenever want.
• The complaint/appeal will be evaluated by Qualabor, and any corrections or corretive actions needed will be decided and implemented.
• After that, a person authorized by Qualabor, that was not involved before in the process, will send a response to the participant about the process result.
• The participant may contest the decision if it was not satisfactory.