Internal quality control status for BNP and NT-proBNP in China from 2014 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to investigate and analyze the status of internal quality control (IQC) for BNP and NT-proBNP from 2014 to 2017, so as to have an integral understanding of quality performance of measurement in clinical laboratories in China.

Methods

The 4-year IQC information for BNP and NT-proBNP of participant laboratories were collected through EQA reporting system. Percentages of laboratories meeting different quality requirements (pass rates) for current coefficient of variations (CVs) were calculated afterwards. Further analysis for current CVs and pass rates among different years and measurement systems were conducted. Finally, we analyzed and summarized IQC practice and its changes in 4 years.

Results

The current CVs for BNP and NT-proBNP have decr

SUBMITTER: Sun H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6430442 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature