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Today EPT is an extremely important and indeed mandatory part of the EFI accreditation process for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics laboratories.
The four primary functions of the EFI EPT committee are: - Collects information on external proficiency testing schemes operational in European laboratories (affiliated to EFI) and works to ensure their homogeneity and comparability.
- Presents proposals concerning the organisation of EPT schemes.
- Provides help in setting up new national and regional EPT schemes by giving advice on organisational matters.
- Provides Rules and Standards for EPT organisers and participating labs.
Mission statement
“Harmonisation of EPT for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics within Europe with the primary objective of improving patient care”.
The EFI EPT Committee reflects activities covered by EFI Standards. Therefore, the EPT Committee is currently restricted to addressing issues related to Human Histocompatibility testing.
EPT Regional Coordinators (2008)- Region 1 – Scandinavia – John Vaage
- Region 2 – Benelux – Illias Doxiadis
- Region 3 – UK + Ireland - Susan Corbin
- Region 4 – Germany – Falko Heinemann
- Region 5 – Central Europe – Martin Petrek
- Region 6 + 11 – France + Switzerland – Chantal Gautreau
- Region 7 – Italy – Francesca Quintieri
- Region 8 – Balkans + Israel – Elissaveta Naumova
- Region 9 + 10 – Iberia –
- Region 99 – South Africa – Susan Corbin
The function of the EPT Regional Coordinators is to liase with their respective Regional Commissioners to ensure conformance with the EPT Rules. EPT Coordinators shall advise and support EFI accredited laboratories, those laboratories actively seeking EFI accreditation and EPT Organisers to meet these rules.
For additional information/consultation contact J Vaage, Chairperson EFI EPT Committee (j.t.vaage(at)rikshospitalet.no).
EPT Downloads
The Committee for External Proficiency Testing has provided the following PDF documents covering the application and requirements for external proficiency testing.
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