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Detecting reagent lot shifts using proficiency testing data.

Rui Zhen Tan¹, Wilson Punyalack², Peter Graham²

¹Engineering Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore.

|October 15, 2019

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Two new methods detect analytical shifts in laboratory proficiency testing by comparing peer groups. These methods improve detection power with more groups and labs, enhancing overall quality control.

Keywords:

External quality assessment bias drift proficiency testing reagent lot shift

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Area of Science:

Clinical Chemistry
Laboratory Medicine
Quality Assurance

Background:

Systematic analytical shifts in laboratory testing can go undetected by standard quality control measures.
Proficiency testing (PT) is crucial for laboratory performance assessment but can be vulnerable to undetected group-level shifts.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and evaluate two novel methods for detecting systematic analytical shifts within proficiency testing peer groups.
To assess the factors influencing the detection power of these new methods.

Main Methods:

Numerical simulations were employed to model shifts in a target peer group (i) relative to J other peer groups.
Method 1 (Group Mean): Assesses shifts based on the distance of peer group i from the mean of other peer groups.
Method 2 (Inter-Peer Group): Assesses shifts by comparing peer group i to the means of each individual other peer group.

Main Results:

Detection power for both methods increases with shift magnitude, number of peer groups, laboratories per group, and affected lab proportion, and decreases with analytical imprecision.
The Group Mean method's detection power is comparable to the Inter-Peer Group method (m=1 criterion) with few peer groups.
The Inter-Peer Group method (m=1 criterion) outperforms the Group Mean method with a larger number of peer groups.

Conclusions:

The proposed methods enhance proficiency testing programs by enabling monitoring of peer group performance, not just individual laboratories.
These approaches offer a more robust system for identifying and mitigating clinically significant analytical shifts.