1. EQAS and Proficiency Testing
- Proficiency testing in medical laboratory practice is critical for identifying errors across all the analytic testing phases and can serve as a means of evaluation for both staff and assay performances. Bio-Rad EQAS program is fully accredited and grants access to comprehensive program, large peer groups, and technical support from experienced specialists— for an independent and confidential external quality assessment of your lab’s performance.
- Qc-EQAS-Explained_Q-1649.pdf
- Fully Accredited EQAS Programs
- Biorad EQAS programs are fully accredited to the ISO/IEC 17043:2010 standard and meet ISO 15189 accreditation requirements for EQA to help your lab achieve high confidence in test results.
- Benefits of Biorad EQAS
- Full accreditation helps increase reliability and our commitment to quality.
- Comprehensive, easy-to-read reports help streamline workflow
- Similar to patient samples at clinically relevant levels
- Convenient reporting options with EQAS Online and EQAS Mobile
- Comprehensive analyte menus offer a wide range of tests for clinical labs and blood banks
- Technical support from experienced professionals adds confidence
- External Quality Assurance Services (EQAS) | Bio-Rad
How to participate in Biorad EQAS
2. Independent Quality control
- Bio-Rad’s independent quality controls and services truly help to power exceptional labs by providing world-class, reliable, and unbiased assessment of the performance of your instrument. When considering efficient workflow solutions, reduced risk, and increased confidence in patient test results Bio-Rad’s independent quality controls and services are your sure bet.
- Bio-Rad is indeed your trusted partner for Independent Quality Controls.
- Key Benefits of Independent Quality Controls:
- Provides multi-analyte controls which offer consolidation and streamlined workflows.
- Multi-analyte controls offer consolidation and streamlined workflows.
- An unbiased assessment of laboratory test systems.
- Long shelf lives reduce crossover studies and help drive QC lab efficiencies
- Human-based matrix similar to patient samples targeting clinically relevant ranges
- More product insert assigned values for variety of popular instruments in clinical labs
- Provides access to Bio-Rad Unity peer groups worldwide which helps in maintaining QC lab quality
- Bio-Rad offers more than 500 independent QC analytes that work across testing procedures, platforms, and labs.
- Independent quality controls can help you reduce analytical errors thus giving your greater confidence in patient’s result
- Bio-Rad’s quality controls offer long-term performance monitoring of laboratory testing procedures. This is owing to the long shelf life of Bio-Rad independent quality controls and is this can help in detecting shifts that may occur.
- Bio-Rad’s consistent high-quality independent quality controls are made of human-based materials similar to patient samples thus enabling more reliable results.
- Bio-Rad independent quality controls provide most comprehensive solution that covers your pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical needs of your lab.
- Pre-analytical solutions:
- Protect the integrity of your patient samples, enhance your QC laboratory practices, and monitor your instrument’s response to detecting hemolyzed, icteric, or lipemic (HIL) samples using Bio-Rad Serum Indices.
- Analytical independent qc solutions:
- Monitor your instrument and assay performance during the analytical phase with Bio-Rad independent quality controls.
- Post analytical solutions:
- Analyze QC performance and compare results with peers worldwide using Unity QC data management software. Our Unity Interlaboratory program assist labs with post analytical evaluation of the testing system by reviewing QC data against established ranges and peer group data.
- Pre-analytical solutions:
- Key Benefits of Independent Quality Controls:
3. Data management System
- Quality control data management is essential for efficient and reliable lab outcomes. Bio-Rad’s robust laboratory quality control software tools help improve analytical performance and achieve a higher level of confidence in patient test results. For a fully integrated QC system — explore Bio-Rad Unity software solutions.
- Key Benefits of Bio-Rad QC Data Management Solutions.
- Large peer groups help increase confidence in the reliability of your test results
- Helps labs comply with regulatory and accreditation requirements.