Stichting Kwaliteitsbewaking Medische Laboratoriumdiagnostiek

Publicaties

2021

Malaria diagnosis in a malaria non-endemic high-resource country: high variation of diagnostic strategy in clinical laboratories in the Netherlands

Boonstra MB, Koelewijn R, Brienen EAT, Silvis W, Stelma FF, Mank TG, Mulder B, van Lieshout L, van Hellemond JJ. Malaria diagnosis in a malaria non-endemic high-resource country: high variation of diagnostic strategy in clinical laboratories in the Netherlands. Malar J. 2021 Oct 19;20(1):411. doi: 10.1186/s12936-021-03889-7. PMID: 34666766.

Quality Control of Busulfan Plasma Quantitation, Modeling and Dosing: An Interlaboratory Proficiency Testing Program

McCune JS, Punt AM, Yeh RF, Dupuis R Ph LL, Kweekel DM, Franssen Pharm D EJF, Ritchie JC, van Maarseveen E, Pharm D AH. Quality Control of Busulfan Plasma Quantitation, Modeling and Dosing: An Interlaboratory Proficiency Testing Program. Ther Drug Monit. 2021 Mar 2. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0000000000000862. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33675302.

Harmonization status of procalcitonin measurements: what do comparison studies and EQA schemes tell us?

Huynh HH, Bœuf A, Pfannkuche J, Schuetz P, Thelen M, Nordin G, van der Hagen E, Kaiser P, Kesseler D, Badrick T, Poggi B, Tiikkainen U, Davies GJ, Kessler A, Plebani M, Vinh J, Delatour V; The IFCC WG-PCT members. Harmonization status of procalcitonin measurements: what do comparison studies and EQA schemes tell us? Clin Chem Lab Med. 2021 Jun 21. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2021-0566. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34147043.

External quality assessment of M-protein diagnostics: a realistic impression of the accuracy and precision of M-protein quantification

External quality assessment of M-protein diagnostics: a realistic impression of the accuracy and precision of M-protein quantification de Kat Angelino CM, Jacobs JFM. External quality assessment of M-protein diagnostics: a realistic impression of the accuracy and precision of M-protein quantification. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2021 Jan 28;59(6):1063-1068. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2020-1810. PMID: 33544500.

2020

Optimizing hepcidin measurement with a proficiency test framework and standardization improvement

Aune ET, Diepeveen LE, Laarakkers CM, Klaver S, Armitage AE, Bansal S, Chen M, Fillet M, Han H, Herkert M, Itkonen O, van de Kerkhof D, Krygier A, Lefebvre T, Neyer P, Rieke M, Tomosugi N, Weykamp CW, Swinkels DW. Optimizing hepcidin measurement with a proficiency test framework and standardization improvement. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2020 Oct 1;59(2):315-323. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2020-0928. PMID: 33001847.

Current state of the morphological assessment of urinary erythrocytes in The Netherlands: a nation- wide questionnaire

Luimstra JJ, Koçer RG, Jerman A, Klein Gunnewiek J, Gijzen K, Jacobs LHJ, Demir AY. Current state of the morphological assessment of urinary erythrocytes in The Netherlands: a nation-wide questionnaire. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2020 Oct 25;58(11):1891-1900. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2020-0236. PMID: 32335538.

Feasibility for aggregation of commutable external quality assessment results to evaluate metrological traceability and agreement among results

van der Hagen EAE, Weykamp C, Sandberg S, Stavelin AV, MacKenzie F, Miller WG. Feasibility for aggregation of commutable external quality assessment results to evaluate metrological traceability and agreement among results. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2020 Aug 6;59(1):117-125. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2020-0736. PMID: 32759402.

Big data and reference intervals: rationale, current practices, harmonization and standardization prerequisites and future perspectives of indirect determination of reference intervals using routine data

Martinez-Sanchez L, Marques-Garcia F, Ozarda Y, Blanco A, Brouwer N, Canalias F, Cobbaert C, Thelen M, den Elzen W. Big data and reference intervals: rationale, current practices, harmonization and standardization prerequisites and future perspectives of indirect determination of reference intervals using routine data. Adv Lab Med. 2020 Aug 8;2(1):9-25. doi: 10.1515/almed-2020-0034. PMID: 37359198; PMCID: PMC10197285.

First international external quality assessment scheme of nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Schistosoma and soiltransmitted helminths, including Strongyloides: A pilot study

Cools P, van Lieshout L, Koelewijn R, Addiss D, Ajjampur SSR, Ayana M, Bradbury RS, Cantera JL, Dana D, Fischer K, Imtiaz R, Kabagenyi J, Lok J, McCarthy J, Mejia R, Mekonnen Z, Njenga SM, Othman N, Shao H, Traub R, Van Esbroeck M, Vercruysse J, Vlaminck J, Williams SA, Verweij JJ, van Hellemond JJ, Levecke B. First international external quality assessment scheme of nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Schistosoma and soil-transmitted helminths, including Strongyloides: A pilot study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Jun 16;14(6):e0008231. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008231. PMID: 32544158; PMCID: PMC7319349.

First international external quality assessment scheme of nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Schistosoma and soil-transmitted helminths, including Strongyloides: A pilot studylity-assessment

Cools P, van Lieshout L, Koelewijn R, Addiss D, Ajjampur SSR, Ayana M, Bradbury RS, Cantera JL, Dana D, Fischer K, Imtiaz R, Kabagenyi J, Lok J, McCarthy J, Mejia R, Mekonnen Z, Njenga SM, Othman N, Shao H, Traub R, Van Esbroeck M, Vercruysse J, Vlaminck J, Williams SA, Verweij JJ, van Hellemond JJ, Levecke B. First international external quality assessment scheme of nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Schistosoma and soil-transmitted helminths, including Strongyloides: A pilot study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Jun 16;14(6):e0008231. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008231. PMID: 32544158; PMCID: PMC7319349.