An Italian external quality assessment (EQA) program on urinary sediment. 2010

Giovanni B Fogazzi, and Sandra Secchiero, and Dario Consonni, and Laura Sciacovelli, and Lorena Zardo, and Giuseppe Garigali, and Simona Verdesca, and Piergiorgio Messa, and Mario Plebani
Research Laboratory on Urine, Unità Operativa di Nefrologia, Dialisi, Trapianto, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy. fogazzi@policlinico.mi.it

BACKGROUND EQA programs on urinary sediment are rare. We describe an EQA Italian program which started in 2001 and involves today more than 300 laboratories. METHODS The program, which started with a questionnaire about the methodological aspects on urinary sediment, includes today four surveys per year. These ask the participants the identification and clinical associations of urinary sediment particles shown by colour images (surveys 1 and 3) and the diagnosis of clinical cases presented by both images and a short clinical history (surveys 2 and 4). The results of each survey are then scored and commented. RESULTS Questionnaire (participants = 287): most methodological aspects were not dealt with properly. METHODS cells, lipids, casts and some contaminants were poorly known. However, when 27 particles were presented for the second time and 16 particles for the third time, the correct identification rate for most of them increased significantly. Clinical associations (No presented = 16): a correct answer was indicated by > or = 84% of participants for all particles but one. Clinical cases (No presented=4): lowest correct identification for urine contamination from genital secretion (77.3%), highest for ureteric stone (94.4%). CONCLUSIONS Our program shows that EQA programs are both useful and needed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007558 Italy A country in southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. The capital is Rome. Sardinia
D011786 Quality Control A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) Control, Quality,Controls, Quality,Quality Controls
D011795 Surveys and Questionnaires Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions. Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015397 Program Evaluation Studies designed to assess the efficacy of programs. They may include the evaluation of cost-effectiveness, the extent to which objectives are met, or impact. Evaluation, Program,Family Planning Program Evaluation,Program Appropriateness,Program Effectiveness,Program Sustainability,Appropriateness, Program,Effectiveness, Program,Evaluations, Program,Program Evaluations,Program Sustainabilities,Sustainabilities, Program,Sustainability, Program
D016482 Urinalysis Examination of urine by chemical, physical, or microscopic means. Routine urinalysis usually includes performing chemical screening tests, determining specific gravity, observing any unusual color or odor, screening for bacteriuria, and examining the sediment microscopically. Urinalyses
D019411 Clinical Laboratory Techniques Techniques used to carry out clinical investigative procedures in the diagnosis and therapy of disease. Clinical Laboratory Test,Clinical Laboratory Testing,Clinical Laboratory Diagnoses,Clinical Laboratory Testings,Clinical Laboratory Tests,Diagnoses and Laboratory Examinations,Diagnosis, Laboratory,Laboratory Diagnosis,Laboratory Examinations and Diagnoses,Laboratory Techniques, Clinical,Clinical Laboratory Technique,Diagnose, Clinical Laboratory,Laboratory Diagnoses,Laboratory Technique, Clinical,Laboratory Test, Clinical,Laboratory Testing, Clinical,Technique, Clinical Laboratory,Test, Clinical Laboratory,Testing, Clinical Laboratory

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