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
UK NEQAS for
Antibiotic Assays is creating an evolving partnership with Birmingham Quality —
host of UK NEQAS for Clinical Chemistry, and which is accredited by UKAS to ISO
17043 (PT provider 7860) for all schemes currently available. Birmingham Quality is part of University
Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
Professor Lovering
continues to be the Organiser of the scheme, and Birmingham Quality will answer
queries related to sample production, results analysis and data presentation (birminghamquality@uhb.nhs.uk)
All scientific /
technical queries will continue to be answered by UK NEQAS for Antibiotic
Assays from Bristol. (ukneqas.antibiotics@nbt.nhs.uk)
If you
are unsure where to direct your e-mail, send to both parties where it will be
triaged accordingly.
The partnership will continue to provide a
first class EQA service to our participants and enable smaller UK NEQAS schemes
to be able to transition more easily to ISO 17043 (the new standards for EQA
providers), thus ensuring the quality of the EQA schemes that you subscribe
to. We intend to attain accreditation of
the UK NEQAS for Antibiotic Assays against ISO 17043 as soon as possible and
ideally by April 2017, within Birmingham Quality's scope of accreditation.
In order for this transition to take place,
you will have noticed some changes to the provision of the antibiotic assay
scheme to ensure that all services provided by Birmingham Quality are as
uniform as possible. The two main changes to the scheme that occurred in
December 2016, were the number of antibiotic samples
provided increased from a single specimen per
month to three specimens per month. The
antifungal panel is now distributed as 3 specimens
every 2 months. This will
facilitate more robust statistics when distributions are analysed to enable us
to ensure that your performance will continue to be monitored
appropriately. Specimens are distributed
from Birmingham Quality.
Until April 2017, UK NEQAS for Antibiotics
Assays will continue to report on your results from the A specimen only for the
antibiotic scheme. The antifungal panel will also report on single specimen
data. The first month report (of the bi-monthly distribution) will be populated
from the ‘A’ sample and the second month will be populated with data from the
‘B’ sample.
Birmingham
Quality will be reporting statistics using all three specimens using the
Birmingham Quality A, B and C scoring system that many of you are already
familiar with. A summary of the Birmingham Quality report for each distribution
is available at the top of the page on the usual Birmingham Quality web-service
page.
PLEASE NOTE – DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND FOR
PARTICIPANTS CAN NOW FIND THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2015 – 2016 BELOW.
Contact
Details
Email: ukneqas.antibiotics@nbt.nhs.uk
Tel: +44
(0)117 414 6270 (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 3854
September 2016
Distribution 3642
October 2015 Distribution 3855
October 2016
Distribution 3643
November 2015 Distribution 3856
November 2016
Distribution 3644
December 2015 Distribution 3857
December 2016
Distribution 3645
January 2016 Distribution 3858
January 2017
Distribution 3646
February 2016 Distribution 3859
February 2017
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 3865
August 2016
Distribution 3653
September 2015 Distribution 3866
September 2016
Distribution 3654
October 2015 Distribution 3867
October 2016
Distribution 3655
November 2015 Distribution 3868 November 2016
Distribution 3656
December 2015 Distribution 3869
December 2016
Distribution 3657
January 2016 Distribution 3870
January 2017
Distribution 3658
February 2016 Distribution 3871
February 2017
Distribution 3659 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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