1 - Programme Overview

This external quality assessment programme assesses the different analytical methods used for the phenotypic evaluation of haemoglobin. In most cases, the results are provided with supporting biological interpretation.

2 - Assessment Frequency

Number of surveys per year: 4
Number of control samples per survey: 1 or 2
Number of samples per year: 6

3 - List of Analytes Assessed 

• Haemoglobin electrophoretic fractions (haemoglobin A, A2, F, S and other variants)
• Haemoglobin electrophoresis conclusion

4 - Description of the Control Samples

Human control blood in lyophilised form (samples to be resuspended in 0.5 mL of distilled water).

5 - Clinical Cases

Clinical cases are provided for each sample.