Annual Report on Mernal Quality Assessment in Clinical Chemistry in Korea (2004)

Ten trials of external quality assessment for Clinical Chemistry in general chemistry and blood gas were performed in 2004. All the control materials were sent in specifically-made boxes at the same time. The response rates were 92.0% In general chemistry and 86.0% In blood gas. The items included sodium, potassium, chloride, BUN, glucose, calcium, phosphorus, uric acid, creatlnlne, bilirubin, total protein, albumin, tolal cholesterol, trlglycerldeA, ST, ALT, ALP, LD and GGT in general chemistry and pH, pC02 and p02 in blood gas. Compared with the previous year (20031, the methods of analysis are not changed much and the coefflclent of varlatlon and VIS scores of general chemistry iterns are decreased.ope