Proficiency Testing of Dengue hemorrhaging fever as the Quality Evaluation in Laboratory network

Abstract

The policy of providing patients for  affordable and accessible of healthcare service.   The Proficiency Testing; PT  served as the important procedure to evaluate and maintain the quality of the laboratory.  One process was  External Quality Assessment; EQA which the assessment Review Board in the duty of  The Regional Medical Science Center 7 Khon Kaen performed the external quality control and send to the member of laboratory  2 times per year for this program.  The objective of  The Regional Medical Science Center 7 ^th   Khon Kaen  focused on Dengue hemorrhagic fever test  method.  This  Proficiency Testing design as  ISO/IEC 17043  standard.  This is achievable through the strong support networking with other  relavant laboratory.  The number of  laboratory collaborate in this PT program was increased from  2009 to 2012.   Now  143  laboratories were join this  PT program.  We analysed the data from laboratory reports  and followed  ISO/IEC 17043 standard.  The results demonstrated that Quality of DHF  investigation from members of laboratory were passed the good criteria  at  74.2, 80.9, 88.3, and  91.7%, respectively.  The lower quality of the results caused by the poor quality of commercial test kit,  not appropriated technique  and  delay testing.   For the survey of satisfactory level of all the member was  86.52%.   Our information supported to continue process of  PT program  for improving  DHF investigation in laboratory.