User-Friendly Reports
Presented in a user-friendly, one page per parameter format, complimentary multi-instrument and interlaboratory RIQAS reports allow comparative performance assessment of all laboratory systems. Each End-of-Cycle report summarises performance compared to the previous cycle, allowing laboratories to identify quality improvement over time.
Large Database of Users
With 45,000 RIQAS participants in 133 countries worldwide, a large peer group means more information is available for a wide range of instruments and methods. This therefore ensures greater accuracy and confidence, while reducing the level of uncertainty in results used for comparison.
Consolidation
Comprising over 360 parameters across 33 comprehensive EQA programmes, RIQAS can streamline external quality assessment by significantly reducing the number of individual programmes needed. Consolidation is guaranteed to save laboratory time and money, with fewer samples to prepare, reports to interpret and number of kits to store.
Report Frequency
Frequent reporting allows early identification of test system errors and implementation of any necessary corrective actions with minimum disruption to the lab, reducing costly errors with patient results. RIQAS offers bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly options (programme specific), with a turnaround of less than 72 hours for most reports.
Flexibility
With 33 flexible external quality assessment programmes available, RIQAS is suitable for every laboratory. Reduced parameter and reporting options are available for selected programmes, with the ability to register up to 5 instruments per programme at no extra cost this will help save money and facilitate comparative performance assessment.
Result Entry
RIQAS.Net is a convenient, cloud based data entry system which allows participants to return results and view reports online in seconds. Participants can submit results directly into the online RIQAS database, where PDF reports are collated and emailed back to participants. Current and previous reports are available to download at anytime, ideal for on the go users.
Accredited
RIQAS programmes are accepted by national and international accreditation bodies worldwide, including ISO 17043:2010 – ‘Conformity Assessment – General Requirements for Proficiency Testing’. This guarantees high quality programmes that are fit for purpose and assist laboratories in achieving their own accreditation.
Quality Material
Every RIQAS sample is manufactured to the highest standard, spanning clinically relevant levels to allow identification of concentration related biases to ensure accurate instrument performance across the entire analytical range. Designed to be commutable, RIQAS samples are manufactured from human source material and are free from interfering preservatives, increasing confidence that performance mirrors that of patient samples.
RIQAS EQA Programmes
Choice and flexibility guaranteed with 33 programmes available.
RIQAS EQA Reports
User-friendly, one page reports available for each parameter.
More About RIQAS
What is External Quality Control?
Why Participate in an EQA Scheme?
Ideal Specifications of an EQA Provider
Large participation numbers
Blind samples
Stable and consistent sample matrix
Frequent analysis
International accreditation
Detailed reports
Realistic range of analyte concentrations
Samples react in the sample manner as patient samples
Rapid feedback
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