title: [Standardization in laboratory hematology by participating in external quality assurance programs].
abstract: Since 1985, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, has been participating in the International External Quality Assessment Scheme for Hematology (IEQAS-H) organized by the World Health Organization (WHO). Owing to very good results, in 1987 the Department received a certificate of participation in this control scheme. Department has been cooperating in the external quality assessment program in laboratory hematology which has been continuously performed in Croatia since 1986 by the Committee for External Quality Assessment Schemes under the auspices of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemists and School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb. Nowadays, 186 medical biochemical laboratories are included in the National External Quality Assessment program, which is performed three times per year. Our Department has participated in the international projects of the European Committee for External Quality Assurance Programs in Laboratory Medicine (EQALM).
authors.affiliation: Merkur University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. aida.nazor@gmail.com
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nazor
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Siftar
authors.forename: Zlata
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Flegar-Mestrić
mesh_terms: D002624:Chemistry, Clinical / Q000592:standards*; D017523:Croatia; D006405:Hematology / Q000592:standards*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014944:World Health Organization