Proficiency testing, or interlaboratory comparison, is a process used by groups of laboratories to monitor measurements, results, and to continually evaluate performance. Each laboratory participating ...

Proficiency Testing (PT) is the name used by the International Standards Organisation for a procedure also known as “inter-laboratory study” or “external quality assessment” or “ring test”.

When you bring a measurement instrument to a calibration lab, you assume that your instrument will come back within expected tolerances. But, how do you know? That's where laboratory proficiency tests ...

In this review, the importance of Quality Assurance, Quality control and proficiency testing in Histocompatibility and Immunogenetic testing, the necessity of external proficiency testing (EPT) for ...

The global laboratory proficiency testing market size was valued at $1.3 billion in 2023, and is projected to reach $2.2 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 5.9% from 2024 to 2033. Laboratory ...

Mark Sykes, scientific advisor to proficiency testing, Fapas, discusses the importance of testing and reviewing laboratory practices in order to provide a consistent and high-quality end product. The ...

Metagenomics-based high-throughput sequencing (HTS) enables comprehensive detection of all species comprised in a sample with a single assay and is becoming a standard method for outbreak ...