The Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore provides external quality assurance (EQA) for laboratories performing molecular tests for haematological disorders. We are committed to providing a cost effective and efficient service to participants.
Participation
Participation in this program is purely voluntary and through registration on the website. The EQA program currently consists of two surveys per year and all the modules are covered in both the surveys. The EQA samples are to be treated like patient samples and must be done by the personnel who normally does the test. The survey results will be uploaded after each survey and will be sent by email. The participating labs will be provided with an enrolment certificate after enrolment in the program and a participation certificate at the end of the year.
Why EQA?
- Continuous quality improvement
- Compare your performance across surveys and time
- Compare methods, reagents and instruments
- Identify areas that need improvement and training
- Accreditation purposes
- Assurance to customers
Tests offered
FISH for t(9;22)(q34;q11) BCR::ABL1
Introduction The reciprocal t(9;22)(q34;q11.2) is diagnostic of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and juxtaposes the ABL1 gene on chromosome 9 to the BCR locus on chromosome ...
Haemophilia A
Haemophilia A is an X-linked disorder with an incidence of 1 in 5000 males. The common molecular defects in the F8 gene causing severe Haemophilia A ...
Haemophilia B
Haemophilia B is an X-linked disorder with an incidence of 1 in 25000 males. There are no common molecular defects in the FIX gene. The ...
Thrombophilia
Genetic screening of variants associated with thrombosis. Common variants associated with thrombosis are Factor V Leiden, Prothrombin 20210 G>A, Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T variants. They are ...
Beta Thalassemia
Beta Thalassemia is the most common single gene disorder in the world. It is caused by mutations in the beta globin gene. In India 6-8 ...
Alpha Thalassemia
Alpha thalassemia: Alpha thalassemia is caused by deletions involving the alpha globin gene cluster. Point mutations also contribute to causality but are rare. The molecular defects such ...
JAK2 V617F
BCR-ABL1 NEGATIVE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS The myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) that are BCR-ABL1 negative include polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocytosis (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF). The diagnosis ...
NPM1/FLT3 ANALYSIS
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an extremely heterogeneous disease. The WHO classifies AML into numerous categories depending on the cytogenetic abnormalities. This helps in stratification ...
RT PCR BCR-ABL1/PML-RARA
MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AND CML Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML): This is caused by the reciprocal translocation t(15;17) resulting in a fusion transcript ...
FISH for t(9;22)(q34;q11) BCR::ABL1
Introduction The reciprocal t(9;22)(q34;q11.2) is diagnostic of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and juxtaposes the ABL1 gene on chromosome 9 to the BCR locus on chromosome ...
Haemophilia A
Haemophilia A is an X-linked disorder with an incidence of 1 in 5000 males. The common molecular defects in the F8 gene causing severe Haemophilia A ...
Haemophilia B
Haemophilia B is an X-linked disorder with an incidence of 1 in 25000 males. There are no common molecular defects in the FIX gene. The ...
Thrombophilia
Genetic screening of variants associated with thrombosis. Common variants associated with thrombosis are Factor V Leiden, Prothrombin 20210 G>A, Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T variants. They are ...
Beta Thalassemia
Beta Thalassemia is the most common single gene disorder in the world. It is caused by mutations in the beta globin gene. In India 6-8 ...
Alpha Thalassemia
Alpha thalassemia: Alpha thalassemia is caused by deletions involving the alpha globin gene cluster. Point mutations also contribute to causality but are rare. The molecular defects such ...
JAK2 V617F
BCR-ABL1 NEGATIVE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS The myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) that are BCR-ABL1 negative include polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocytosis (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF). The diagnosis ...
NPM1/FLT3 ANALYSIS
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an extremely heterogeneous disease. The WHO classifies AML into numerous categories depending on the cytogenetic abnormalities. This helps in stratification ...
RT PCR BCR-ABL1/PML-RARA
MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AND CML Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML): This is caused by the reciprocal translocation t(15;17) resulting in a fusion transcript ...