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Ref.No. [Initiator]
UNK-173 [Headquarters]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Quality Assessment in Haematology

Director / Head: 
  Professor Keith Hyde
 




Institution:
  United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme for General Haematology UK NEQAS(H)
  Watford General Hospital
Address:
  PO Box 14
  WD18 0FJ
  Herts
Town:
  Watford
Country:
  UK
Region:
  EURO
Phone:
  (44-1923) 217 878
Fax:
  (44-1923) 217 879
Date of Designation:
  18/Jan/1995
Last Redesignation:
  13/Oct/2012
Expiry:
  13/Oct/2016
Terms of Reference:
  1. To organize the periodic dispatch of appropriate haematology EQA material to IEQAS ( H) registered participants for testing and to assess the individual results they obtain. 
  2. To assist IEQAS (H) registered participants to improve their individual performance through an appropriate feedback mechanism. 
  3. To compile the results & analyze them globally & regionally & per technology. 
  4. To monitor the individual and collective progress of participant laboratories over time. 
  5. To assist in the training of laboratory staff, particularly in the organization of quality assurance in haematology, within the capacity of the centre's laboratory. 
  6. To encourage & assist participants to develop national external quality assessment schemes in their countries. 
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Subjects:
  1. Health Technology (including laboratory services; but excluding blood safety) 
  2. Blood Transfusion Safety and Blood Products 
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Types of activity:
  1. Collection; collation and dissemination of information 
  2. Provision of reference substances and other services 
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WHO organization wide expected result:
  11.3 - Evidence based policy guidance on promoting scientifically sound and cost-effective use of medical products and technologies by health workers and consumers developed and supported within the Secretariat and regional and national programmes.
 
 
Responsible Officer:
  VERCAUTEREN Gaby Henriette
Phone:
  +41 22 79 14728

Technical Counterpart:
  HAFNER Valentina
Phone:
  +45 39171255
Email:
  hafnerv@who.int
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork