UK
CPA(EQA) Accredited since 1998
Please
download the registration
form today or contact the scheme to enrol or to obtain
further information.
Please
download the method and
sub-method update form and fax or contact the scheme to update methods and
sub-methods.
Useful
Information
PLEASE NOTE – DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND FOR
PARTICIPANTS CAN NOW FIND THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2014 – 2015 BELOW.
Contact
Details
Email: ukneqas.antibiotics@nbt.nhs.uk
Tel: +44
(0)117 323 6214 (answerphone)
Fax: +44 (0)
117 323 8332
Antibiotic Assay Scheme Information:
This is an EQA scheme for Antibiotic Assay Therapeutic Drug
Monitoring. We distribute six
antibiotics monthly: amikacin, flucytosine, teicoplanin, tobramycin,
plus gentamicin and vancomycin
as a combined sample.
From April 2012, a new anti-fungal panel is available consisting of itraconazole,
(+ hydroxyitraconazole as a combined sample), Posaconazole, voriconazole and
flucytosine.
Results returns should be received two weeks after the distribution
date, the date is shown on your results form.
LATE RETURNS AFTER THE WEIGHED IN VALUES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED CANNOT BE
ACCEPTED!
For full details on the terms and conditions of participation, please
read the participant’s manual.
NEWS
Upgrade of Wolfson EQA Software to allow online access!
The Scheme is fully online for result return and download of reports.
Scheme Managers:
The Scheme Manager is Mr Alan Noel. Please make sure you use the scheme
email address for correspondence to get a reply. Please ensure you quote your
laboratory number in all correspondence.
If your lab
routinely performs antibiotic assays then we could be the EQA scheme for
you! Is your lab interested in
participating? Would you like more
details? Email us...
ukneqas.antibiotics@nbt.nhs.uk
Alternatively
download the registration form and update form below and send it back, either
by fax or by email – you can find these in the scheme contact details.
Information
Sources for Scheme Members
Follow the links to access each document:
THE PARTICIPANT’s MANUAL
v12.0 ON-LINE
Confused about the groups and scores shown on your monthly report?
Please be aware
that participants are now penalised for non-returns and for returning a >
result. Full details can be found in the participants’ manual.
Interested in what you had to say
about our scheme? Click the link below
and see what changes we will make as a response to your requests…
Latest Participant Satisfaction User Survey
Latest Participant Satisfaction Questionnaire
Do you need repeat samples?
Click below to request them, including your scheme lab number, antibiotic required, distribution required (if applicable) or number of samples. Please put “repeat samples” in the email header.
ukneqas.antibiotics@nbt.nhs.uk
The
Weighed-in and Target Concentrations
2015 –
2016 2016
- 2017
Distribution 3636
April 2015 Distribution 3849
April 2016
Distribution 3637
May 2015 Distribution 3850
May 2016
Distribution 3638
June 2015 Distribution 3851
June 2016
Distribution 3639
July 2015 Distribution 3852
July 2016
Distribution 3640
August 2015 Distribution
3853 August 2016
Distribution 3641
September 2015
Distribution 3642
October 2015
Distribution 3643
November 2015
Distribution 3644
December 2015
Distribution 3645
January 2016
Distribution 3646
February 2016
Distribution 3647
March 2016
Uncertainty
Data
The data contained in the
link below shows how the scheme has determined the uncertainty of measurement
of the assigned value (ALTM). This is best shown by looking at the 95% CI
(confidence intervals) around the target mean.
2016 – 2017
Antifungal
Panel
2015 –
2016 2016
- 2017
Distribution 3648
April 2015 Distribution 3861
April 2016
Distribution 3649
May 2015 Distribution 3862
May 2016
Distribution 3650
June 2015 Distribution 3863
June 2016
Distribution 3651
July 2015 Distribution 3864
July 2016
Distribution 3652
August 2015
Distribution 3653
September 2015
Distribution 3654
October 2015
Distribution 3655
November 2015
Distribution 3656
December 2015
Distribution 3657
January 2016
Distribution 3658
February 2016
Distribution 3659 March 2016
Distribution 3647
March 2016
Uncertainty
Data
The data contained in the
link below shows how the scheme has determined the uncertainty of measurement
of the assigned value (ALTM). This is best shown by looking at the 95% CI
(confidence intervals) around the target mean.
2016 – 2017
ANNUAL
REPORTS
Archive Target Values
Links to other
Information
about CPA Accreditation
The programme is approved for laboratories wishing to obtain CPA (UK) accreditation having received accreditation from CPA (EQA) since 1998.
Publication
of Weighed-in and Target Concentrations
Weighed-in concentrations are published three days after each distribution has closed. An idea of the target values can be obtained from these. The targets (currently [since October 1998] - ALTM for all analytes) are published when the data is available. Returns will not normally be accepted after the weighed-in concentrations have been published on the WWW or on the telephone hotline.
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