German External Quality Assessment Scheme

Heinrich-Rumm, R., G. Lehnert, and J. Angerer. 1996. The German external quality assessment scheme in occupational and environmental medicine. Ann. 1st. Super Sanita. 22(2)12 47-251. 

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To assure the accuracy and comparabihty of the results with other laboratories, an appropriate external quality assessment is necessary. For external quality control, participation in a round robin test is recommended. There are various quality control programs containing cadmium in blood and urine, e.g., the international program of the German External QuaUty Assessment Scheme (E-QUAS), where cadmium analysis can be tested for the concentration range found in occupational and environmental medicine [48], or the external quahty assessment schemes of the Centre of Toxicology in the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec [49]. 

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