[Quality assurance in diagnostic in situ hybridization-experience of QuIP]

The Quality Assurance Initiative Pathology (QuIP) gives pathologists the opportunity to check the methodological processes of immunohistological and molecular diagnostics in a result-oriented manner and obtain a certificate reflecting the quality. For in situ hybridization (ISH), 5 round robin tests were organized in 2019, two recurrent (HER2-ISH gastric carcinomas and HER2-ISH breast carcinomas) and three prototypical (ROS1-NSCLC, ALK1-NSCLC, NTRK). The different round robin tests, which were provided by QuIP, are based on the development in diagnostics and the importance of the therapeutic relevance of the molecules which are tested. The results of the round robin tests in 2019 showed a sensitivity of at least 94.4%, a specificity of at least 96.6%, and a success rate of 85-99%. This reflected the high standard of quality of the round robin test and the participating institutes.