Hi Emma,
I used to do some POCT for hypoglycaemic clamp studies for the diabetes team. At that time there wasn't much impetus for EQA in point of care, although we did our IQCs religiously because all the data was checked by the study co-ordinators who came to visit on a regular basis. All calibration data was also stored with all other data for the particular study concerned.
I suspect now, EQA has become an important part of trials as this is certainly true for studies which require bloods to be done on a random-access analysers.
Hope this helps.
Raheela Ajmal-Ali
Senior Biochemist
Whittington Hospital
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