Activities and Guidelines in the Performance of External Quality Assessment Program (EQAP) of the National Reference Laboratory for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B & C and STIs

Under Administrative Order 2007-0027 section 6.B.f.ii, all clinical laboratories shall participate in an external quality assessment program administered by the designated National Reference Laboratories.

In this connection, all laboratories performing HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B & C, and Syphilis serologic testing are hereby directed to strictly adhere to the schedule of activities and guidelines set by the National Reference Laboratory for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B & C, and other STIs for 2011 EQAP.

Refusal of the laboratory to participate in an EQAP conducted by the designated NRL will be a violation and will result to non-issuance of license to operate a clinical laboratory.

The schedule of activities in the conduct of NRL-SACCL 2011 EQAP is as follows:

January to June 30

• Submission of registration form and payment

August 01

• Distribution of panels for testing to participating laboratories

September 01

• Submission of final results of laboratory participants to NRL-SACCL / DigitalPT

October 15 to November 15 

•  Analysis of results

December 30

• Dissemination of final report and results to participating laboratories

In order to observe the timeliness of the above activities, the said schedule will be strictly adhered to.  Since there is 6-month ample time to register and subsequent activities are dependent on the number of registrants, late registrations submitted beyond the said deadline will not be accepted.

NRL-SACCL EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (EQAP) PROCEDURE


NRL-SACCL NEQAS REGISTRATION FORM