1 – Program overview

This staff competence assistance program (clinical biologists, medical laboratory technicians, laboratory medicine residents) is useful for an initial competence assessment, competence maintenance or inter-operator comparability concerning haematological cytology.

ProBioQual offers you a staff competence assistance program for the realisation of the leukocyte formula on series of digital blood smears, count of pathological cells, qualitative comments and diagnostic hypotheses.

ProBioQual leaves the laboratory to choose the criteria for the qualification of its personnel based on the information and results we have provided.

For this program, one registration = 15 entries (15 different users)

2 – Staff assessment frequency

Number of blood smears scanned over the year: 6 (available all year round)

3 – List of analytes assessed

• Leukocyte differential
• Cellular element morphology (white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets)
• Diagnostic hypothesis

4 – Description of the control samples

Virtual material: Blood smears stained with MGG and scanned

5 – Clinical cases

The clinical context and the biological results associated with the proposed smear are given.

6 – Computer prerequisites

	COMPUTER PREREQUISITES
Memory: 4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB recommended for better performance. Resolution: 1280 × 768 minimum — 1920 × 1080 recommended. Bandwidth: 10 Mbps minimum for smooth navigation. Browser: Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Safari — recent version.