title: External quality assessment of laboratory performance in haematology in Belgium: analysis of two and a half years' experience.
abstract: In Belgium, external quality assessment of health laboratories is organised according to the directives of the government. The programme in the discipline haematology, as conceived by our laboratory, has now been carried out for about two and a half years. The results obtained in the different surveys are reported. A few general conclusions on the state of the art of laboratory performance in routine haematological tests are drawn from these experimental data.
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000295:instrumentation; D004909:Erythrocyte Indices / Q000592:standards; D006405:Hematology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D006452:Hemoglobinometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control