UK
CPA(EQA) Accredited since 1998
***BREAKING NEWS***
From
April 2012, a new panel of anti-fungal agents will be available. The panel
consists of itraconazole (+ hydroxyitraconazole as a combined sample),
posaconazole, voriconazole and flucytosine.
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 REPORTFOR 2011 – 2012 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 now fully online for result return and download of
reports.
Scheme Managers:
The Scheme is now jointly run by Mr Alan Noel and Dr Mervyn Darville.
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 v9.0
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
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
2011
– 2012 2012
- 2013
Distribution 2789 April 2011 Distribution 2998 April 2012
Distribution 2790 May 2011
Distribution 2791 June 2011
Distribution 2792 July 2011
Distribution 2793 August 2011
Distribution 2794 September 2011
Distribution 2795 October 2011
Distribution 2796 November 2011
Distribution 2797 December 2011
Distribution 2798 January 2012
Distribution 2799 February 2012
Distribution 2800
March 2012
Antifungal Panel 2012 - 2013
Distribution 3198
April 2012
ANNUAL
REPORTS
The statistics
for 2006-07: method mean,
sub method mean, mean
score, method
performance, sub
method performance.
Annual
Report for 2005-2006 Word 2000 Format
Due to an ongoing problem the excel workbooks for
2005-2006, are unable to be accessed, whilst this problem is being corrected if
you wish to have access to the data please contact the scheme on ukneqas.antibiotics@nbt.nhs.uk
Annual
Report for 2004-2005 Word 2000 Format
All
Results for 2004-2005 Excel 97 Read-only Workbook
ANNUAL
REPORT 2003-2004 Word 2000 format
Annual
Report 2002-2003 Word 2000 format
Annual
Report 2000-2001 Word 2000 format
Archive Target Values
2010-2011,2009-2010, 2008-2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996
Links to other
Information
about CPA Accreditation
The programme is approved for laboratories wishing to obtain CPA (
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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