External quality assessment providers' services appear to more impact the immunohaematology performance of laboratories than national regulatory and economic conditions.
Christoph BuchtaWim CouckeWolfgang HufAndrea GriesmacherMathias M MüllerWolfgang R MayrØystein FleslandConstantina PolitisJohanna Wiersum-OsseltonAndrés AburtoTony BadrickLobna BouacidaMarek BudinaJoseph A DuenasWolf-Jochen GeilenkeuserAndré V P GuimarãesAna HecimovicMarkus JutziChang-Keun LeeYoung Ae LimJoy MammenPetra Magdolna MolnárAzita MokhtariGiuseppa MorabitoEduardo Muñiz-DiazTruscha NiekerkAnja PakkanenPaola PezzatiRazvan PopaErika SárkányJean-Pascal SiestDhitiwass SuvagandhaMarc ThelenJenny UllhagenDalius VitkusGünther F KörmöcziPublished in: Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine (2022)
Further research into the impact of introducing or changing services of EQA providers is needed to confirm the results found in this first of its kind study.