J Lab Med Qual Assur.  2003 Jun;25(1):73-98.

Annual Report on External Quality Assessment in Urinalysis in Korea (2002)

• Kim KD
• Koo SH
• Kim EC
• Kim JM
• Kim JH
• Kim JQ
• Kim HJ
• Moon DS
• Min WK
• Yoon K
• Cho SS

Abstract

Three external quality assesment trials which composed of 12 control materials(12 chemical materials) for interlaboratory quality control assesment in urinalysis were performed with 446, participants, in each, in the year of 2002. The response rate were 91.5% (408/446), 90.8% (405/445) and 90.4% (403/446), in the first , the second and the third trials, in each. The test items include pH, glucose, protein, ketone, bilirubin, blood, urobilinogen, nitrite, leukocyte estrase and specific gravity. The survey results are summarized as follows: 1.The chemical quality control test in urinalysis revealed generally good concordance. 2.The percentage of using urinalysis analyzer was slightly decreased as 79.0% and the distribution of using reagent strip was similar to the previous year.

Keyword

Quality assurance; External quality assesment; Urinalysis

MeSH Terms

Bilirubin
Equidae
Glucose
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Korea*
Leukocytes
Quality Control
Reagent Strips
Specific Gravity
Urinalysis*
Urobilinogen
Bilirubin
Glucose
Reagent Strips
Urobilinogen