This is a companion article to the feature, “Peer-Reporting Programs for Lab Quality.”
Many instrument manufacturers and suppliers of quality control materials provide interlaboratory peer-reporting programs for their clients. Following is a sampling of such service providers, with links to their websites.
Audit MicroControls:
www.auditmicro.com/auditor-qcBio-Rad Unity Interlaboratory Program:
www.bio-rad.com/en-us/product/unity-interlaboratory-programInstrumentation Laboratory Accutrak Quality Control Program:
www.instrumentationlaboratory.com/products-services/accutrak.aspxQuantimetrix Quantrol QC:
https://quantimetrix.com/quantrol-2/quantrol-qcRandox Acusera Laboratory Quality Control Program:
www.randox.com/acusera-laboratory-quality-controlSiemens Healthineers QC Management:
https://usa.healthcare.siemens.com/services/laboratory-diagnostics/service-and-support/quality-control-management
This is but a sample of the resources available to laboratories. Depending on a laboratory’s affiliations with instrument manufacturers and quality control providers, a lab may be able to select from several different organizations that offer comparable programs.