The Role of External Quality Assurance in Identifying Poor Laboratory Performance

2.2.SCORING SYSTEM

Page last updated: 13 June 2013

Anatomical Pathology QAP has now developed several scoring methods for measuring performance and for establishing criteria for identification of unacceptable performance.
The scoring methods are:

  • Survey Score
  • Survey Rank
  • Average Survey Score
  • Average Survey Rank
  • Average Discordant Sum
  • Non-concordance Sum
Only participants enrolled as laboratories have their results evaluated by these calculations. The results of participants’ enrolled for educational purposes or individual enrolments are excluded from the scoring system.

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