Benefits

Plus

• Easy browser based interface
   
• Method differentiation
  
  
• Sample delivery administration
  
  
• Results per email and securely on-line. Immediately when the round closes
  
  
• Free Reference Material - Sufficient stable sample material is provided per round for labs to use for internal quality control. Until the next Bika PT round!
  
  
• Identify measurement problems - participants and coordinators are warned about poor results and issues spanning successive rounds
  
  
• Compare methods and procedures - Statistical parameters are tabled per measurement technique
  
  
• Educate and instil confidence in staff, management and clients
  
  

Performance Ranking

Participating labs' performances are used to calculate scores per analysis round to display a list of best performers. Labs not in the top see their own relative ranking and score.

Rank your lab!
Without the test it is just a guess

Strengths and Weaknesses of Internal Laboratory QC

Internal QC is the most effective means of identifying issues such as instrumental drift, calibration failure, reagent contamination or consistent operator error.

It  is less likely to identify:
     Measurement bias
     Measurement uncertainty
     Incorrect identification of samples
     Transcription errors
     Errors in individual sample management

Strengths of External Proficiency Testing (EPT)

Confidence in consistently producing reliable results is of importance to the laboratory, the organisation it belongs to and its clients.

EPT invariably shows wider variability of results than would be found with internal QC even when a standard method is used.

EPT data provides a more realistic estimate of actual measurement uncertainty than that quoted by an individual analyst.

EPT ranks laboratories against a Nominal or True Value obtained independently or as a consensus value from the results returned by participants.