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REGISTRATION
entre Suisse de Contrôle de Qualitéchweizerisches Zentrum für Qualitätskontrolleentro Svizzero di Controllo della Qualità Conditions of participation on CSCQ
This document is specifically prepared for NON-Swiss laboratories
Every laboratory involved in medical analysis as well as all members of medical or paramedical professions canbecome member of the CSCQ.
Within the limits of regulations each member is free to choose the analyses he would like to submit to anexternal quality control. The same is valid for frequency.
The membership is valid as soon as the CSCQ has received the registration, which can be done by mail, email,fax or phone. Registration is confirmed by assigning a lab identification N° and by mailing the member’shandbook to the participant.
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The member informs CSCQ about the methods, standards, reagents and instruments he uses. Theassessments take into consideration all these elements, which can be modified by the laboratory at all times. Ifthe laboratory make changes in his analytical methods, he must inform CSCQ.
The participation on the electronically data capture system (EQAcom) is mandatory for NON-Swiss laboratories.
Requirements are available on the CSCQ website:(http://www.cscq.ch/SiteCSCQ/SiteCSCQ_EN/EspaceAdherentEN.html).
Fees and prices are indicated in the enclosure “prices”. The CSCQ accounting period starts on January 1st andends on December 31st of each year. The invoice takes into account all the analyses and survey programs forwhich the member is registered.
Registration and invoice are done for the whole year. Nevertheless, a registration can be done within the yearand is valid for the rest of the year. The corresponding invoice is established “pro rata temporis”.
Registration is renewed tacitly from year to year. The member can cancel his registration for the next exerciseby registered mail, at the latest on August 31st of the running year.
General rules
CSCQ grants his members complete anonymity for their own and group results. He commits itself not to
disclose these results to anyone.
Upon order of the Swiss regulation Office (QUALAB), control of participation of Swiss labs to external quality
control programs (EQA) can be asked directly to the CSCQ by the competent corporate societies (FMH, FAMH,
H+ LesHôpitauxSuisses, SSPh, etc.).
Upon decision of QUALAB, CSCQ had to introduce in its statutes the following article:
“In case of obvious fraudulent conversion of quality control results, the Director must inform the Swiss
Authorities responsible for its application (QUALAB), as well as the Swiss corporate societies
concerned (in particular: district medical societies for FMH, FAMH for private laboratories, SSPh for
pharmacists)”.
Members are not allowed to disclose or publish the results edited by CSCQ as a whole (statistical analyses,
graphs, etc.).
The handbook describes how the surveys are organised and gives information on how to proceed with the
analyses and how the external quality assessments are performed.
Corporate societies (FMH, FAMH) and scientific societies (SSCC, SSH, SSM, SSAI, etc.) have named
delegates to constitute the Committee of the CSCQ. They are listed in the appendix " Committee Members".
These delegates are consulted in the choice of the programmes proposed in their domain.
All documents edited by CSCQ are written in French, German, Italian, and partially in English.
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Accredited programmes are mentioned in the specific programme description sheet
CSCQ-Registration Form and Identification of Analyses to be submitted to EQA
Send back to CSCQ, 2 chemin du Petit Bel-Air, CH-1225 Chêne-Bourg. Fax 022 305 52 38
Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………….………………….………….
Address: ………………………………. …………………………………………………………………….……….….
Zip Code and City: …………………………….………….……………….…………………………….………….….
□ Others: ……………………………………….
Tel: .…………………….……… Fax: ….…………….……….… EAN N°: ………….……………….…….….… Email: …….…………………………@…………………………………….…………………………….……………… Invoice address (if different): ………………………………………………………………………………….
Language: Date of lab opening: …………………………… CSCQ Lab N° (if already assigned): ……………….….
I would like to use Internet to transmit my results and consult my reports (EQAcom): Date: ……………………………………. Signature: ……….……………………………………………………….
♦ Participation is valid as soon as CSCQ has received registration, which can be done by mail, email, fax or phone.
Registration is confirmed by assigning a lab identification No and mailing the member’s handbook to the member.
Do not forget to send back the following pages completed ! Tic the parameter you would like to submit to EQA and indicate method and instrument used.
Chemistry
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Bilirubin (neonatal)
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
□ Bilirubin non conjugated NN □ Bilirubin total NN (bilirubinometer) Glucose (POCT, Point of care testing)
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
CRP conventional
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
CRP for Nycomed
CRP for Quickread
□ 4 times per year
Glycohaemoglobin – HbA1c
□ 4 times per year
Spinal fluid (SF)
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
□ Protein Electrophoresis, pre-albumin □ Protein Electrophoresis, beta Registration
Immunology (CH or IG)
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
□ IgE specific (Nuts, Birch, Cat epithelium) Immunology: UK-NEQAS Immunology and Leukocytes Immunophenotyping
Blood gas (G1)
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Haematology (conventional)
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Reticulocytes:
Leukocyte distribution (automate):
Haematology (differential)
□ Distribution of main cells in conventional haematology Haemostasis (conventional)
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
□ Thrombin time
Haemostasis (Coaguchek- specific)
Model: …………………………….……….
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Sedimentation rate (VS)
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Microbiology
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Virology
Parasitology
□ Streptococcus A antigen
Microbiology: UK-NEQAS and QCMD
Drug of abuse
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Cardiac markers
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Tumor markers
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Genetics and Molecular Biology EMQN
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Hormones
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Pre and post analytical phase
Urine – quantitative determination
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Urine strips
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Porphyrin
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Bone metabolism
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
□ Telopeptide C, carboxy-terminal (CTx) Volatile
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
□ Transferin, carbohydrate deficient (CDT) Therapeutic and drug monitoring - TDM
Method/instrument: ……….…………….
Blood in stools
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Photometry
Method/instrument: …………………………….……….
Dermatology
□ Dermatology – Mycology
Sterilisation
□ 4 times per year
Sterilisation – Prions cycle (18 min, 134 °C)
□ 4 times per year
Forensic Medicine: Alcohol and Medicines & Drugs
Only for Forensic Medicine Institutes (compulsory for Swiss labs). Please contact CSCQ.
WADA – AMA: EQAS Haematological Module
Only for labs recognised by the World Anti-Doping Agency - WADA (compulsory). Please contact CSCQ.
Remarks: ………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….….
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