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New POCT INR EQA Quality Controls

WEQAS has recently introduced a new Point of Care (POC) INR EQA control, suitable for use with the Abbott i-STAT, Roche CoaguChek XS, XS Plus & XS Pro and Siemens Xprecia Stride instruments. Point of care (POC, or near patient) testing for measurement of the international normalized ratio (INR) is

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How to contact us?

Following recent feedback from our participants, we have decided to remove the automated telephony system. A dedicated reception service is now available for all general enquiries, they will also be able to put you in touch with the right person if you are unsure of which extension you need. Our

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Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) EQA programme is now accredited

The faecal occult blood (FOB) test detects small amounts of blood in your faeces, which would not be normally visible. FOB is vital in the diagnosis of bleeding disorders of the gut (intestine)…. For example, gastric or duodenal ulcers, ulcerative colitis, bowel polyps, and bowel (colorectal) cancer. Bowel (colorectal) cancer

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External Quality Assurance – Can you see the wood for the trees?

EQA provision has become highly competitive and it is often difficult for Laboratories to select the right programme, with a marked lack of harmonisation of Best Practice amongst EQA Providers, it is understandable why participants are confused and often comment that they are unable to see the wood for the

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Pre-term Labour Markers- phIGFBP-1 is now accredited

The use of individual or group of biochemical markers have advanced some of the understanding on the mechanisms leading to spontaneous preterm birth. Preterm birth is a delivery that occurs at less than 37 completed weeks of gestation and it is associated with prenatal morbidity and mortality. In a point

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Weqas Newsletter

WEQAS are pleased to release the latest issue of our Newsletter. We would like to inform you of what is happening in the quality arena, our organisation news, accreditation and service updates. In this issue, please find: * POCT Creatinine and the merits of accreditation. * WEQAS User Group Meeting

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Third Party Control (IQC)

Weqas- IQC   Use Weqas IQC for accurate, independent, unbiased daily monitoring.   Weqas has developed a wealth of knowledge and experience in the production and distribution of high quality clinical material, representing surrogate patient samples. We are pleased to announce the launch of our Third Party Control (IQC) to assist

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POCT Urine Drugs of Abuse (DOA) EQA Scheme

We are pleased to announce the launch of our Weqas Drugs of Abuse scheme (DOA), join today to take full advantage of the benefits of joining a Weqas scheme at no extra cost.  This Pilot scheme will remain free of charge until April 2016, an early bird opportunity too good

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Ethylene Glycol and Methanol added to ED Toxicology Scheme

Ethylene Glycol and Methanol are now available as part of our ED Toxicology scheme; these analytes have been added In response to the ‘NHS Services, Seven Day Working’ from NHS England.  The Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine published guidance on the clinical biochemistry tests that may be required

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Pre-analytical Quality Improvement in pursuit of harmony

3rd EFLM-BD European Conference on Pre-analytical phase, Porto, Portugal, March 20-21st 2015. Pre-analytical errors present great challenges to the Laboratory; they are often outside the control of the Laboratory and are frequently due to human error at the sampling and transport stage. Weqas will be represented at this conference by

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