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OPENING SESSION FOR PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM OF EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN LABORATORY MEDICINE IN 2021

Dear members of CSMBLM, 

We inform you that the application for a national program of external quality assessment in 2020 (three exercises) is open from 2nd December 2020 until 18th December 2020. 

Payment for all three exercises in 2021 should be made till 2nd February 2021. 

Registration CROQALM web site at: https://croqalm.com 

Access inlab2*QALM program is possible after entering a user name and password that you used before. 

Overview of modules and tests by exercises and prices are available on the website of CROQALM in the "Modules and tests" (link http://croqalm.hdmblm.hr/index.php/hr/moduli-pretrage). 

Module tests have been some changed in compared to the previous year, please check this. 

Your application for a particular module will follow the calendar of events during 2020, according to the planned schedule (March, June, September) which you can view or retrieve in the "Calendar of events" (link http://croqalm.hdmblm.hr/index.php/hr/dinamika-ciklusa). 

Change basic information about the lab, leader or person to contact can be done directly through the network system, as instructed, and the changes are responsible themselves. 

New customers who have not registered in the system, they need to fill Application form which can be retrieved in the "Instructions forms." The form you need to print, fill out and send to the office CSMBLM fax (+385 1 48 28 133) or by e-mail (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Following the introduction of the system, new users will get their username and password. 

Please respect the timelines and following instructions: 

Registration of modules and tests and the design offers through the network system users need to do it yourself (offers are formed automatically according to the instructions and commands) 

Sending Order form: according to Offer fill up the form and send it by e-mail to CSMBLM Administrative Secretary, Mrs. Jasna Đogić by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or fax to CSMBLM: +385 1 4828 133 

Preform Invoice: You will receive Preform Invoice by e-mail, 2-3 days after sending the Order form 

Payment of the preform Invoice should be made until 2nd February 2021.

Late entries and payments will not be possible. 

Please send all of your questions and uncertainties related to the application, by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to Information Coordinators: Mrs Ana Grzunov and Mr Alen Vrtaric. 

We kindly ask all users to double-check your username and password if you need to change them. It is also very important to check all the time / module in which you participate in order to avoid subsequent complications. 

We wish to thank all those who, through their participation, patience, suggestions and comments help our external quality assessment program to do better. We will continue to strive to improve the system which is not possible without your valuable comments. 

We look forward to working together 

CROQALM Tim

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THE AVAILABILITY OF THE RESULTS OF THE 3rd EQAS IN 2020.

Dear Colleagues,

The evaluation of the 3rd exercise EQAS-2020-2 results is available from October 28, 2020 on the following link https://croqalm.com which is also available on the CROQALM website in the "Results entry".

Any further inquiries you can send to the email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Due to easy and fast reference, please in the description of the email subject, specify CROQALM where do not forget to enter the code of your laboratory.

We thank all participants for their participation.

Kind regards,
CROQALM Tim

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3rd ROUND OF EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT (EQA) IN 2020

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the third round of external quality assessment in 2020 conducted by Croatian Centre for Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine, within Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine. All necessary information is included below.

MODULE  
I
II
III
IV
VI
VII
VIII-I
VIII-II
IX
X
XI
XII

Biochemistry parameters
Specific protein
Laboratory hematology
Laboratory coagulation
Urinalysis (urine test strip, urine sediment)
Analysis of pH, blood gases and electrolytes, glucose and lactate
Thyroid hormones and PSA
Hormones, vitamins, tumor and cardiac markers
HbA1c
Extra-analytical phase of laboratory testing (survey only for Croatian partcipants)
Sweat chloride test
Biochemistry parameters in urine
DYNAMICS
OF CYCLE:

22/09/2020
until 9/10/2020
after 28/10/2020

 SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION
RESULTS ENTRY
ANALYSED RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE
Informatics
coordinator

 Adna Grzunov contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
with mandatory laboratory code entry
RESULTS
ENTRY

through the official CROQALM website in the "Results Entry" section or via website: https://croqalm.com)

Annexes:
Sample for Module 1, Module 3, Module 8-1, Module-2, and for Module 12 should be determined immediately upon receipt of the shipment.
We suggest that you download the certificate of your loading operator, to avoid messages about insecure network address. In case the message appears, your further work will not be disturbed.

Kind regards,
CROQALM Tim 

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THE AVAILABILITY OF THE RESULTS OF THE 2nd EQAS IN 2020.

Dear Colleagues,

The evaluation of the 2nd exercise EQAS-2020-2 results is available from July 17, 2020 on the following link https://croqalm.com which is also available on the CROQALM website in the "Results entry".

Any further inquiries you can send to the email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Due to easy and fast reference, please in the description of the email subject, specify CROQALM where do not forget to enter the code of your laboratory.

We thank all participants for their participation.

Kind regards,
CROQALM Tim

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2nd EXERCISE OF EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT (EQA) IN 2020

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the second round of external quality assessment in 2020 conducted by Croatian Centre for Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine, within Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
All necessary information is included below.

MODULE  
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII-I
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII

Biochemistry parameters
Specific protein CRP
Laboratory hematology
Laboratory coagulation
Drugs (Medicaments)
Urinalysis (urine test strip, urine sediment)
Analysis of pH, blood gases and electrolytes, glucose and lactate
Thyroid hormones and PSA
HbA1c
Extra-analytical phase of laboratory testing
Sweat chloride test
Biochemistry parameters in urine
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
DYNAMICS
OF CYCLE:

 3/06/2020
until 19/06/2020
after 17/07/2020		 SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION
RESULTS ENTRY
ANALYSED RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE
Informatics
coordinator

 Adriana Bokulić
Alen Vrtarić		 contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
with mandatory laboratory code entry
RESULTS
ENTRY

through the official CROQALM website in the "Results Entry" section or via website: https://croqalm.com)

Annexes:
Sample for Module 1, Module 3, Module 5, and for Module 8-1 should be determined immediately upon receipt of the shipment.
We suggest that you download the certificate of your loading operator, to avoid messages about insecure network address. In case the message appears, your further work will not be disturbed.

Kind regards,
CROQALM Tim 

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THE AVAILABILITY OF THE RESULTS OF THE 1st EQAS IN 2020.

Dear Colleagues,

The evaluation of the 1st exercise EQAS-2020-1 results is available from April 24, 2020 on the following link https://croqalm.com which is also available on the CROQALM website in the "Results entry".

Any further inquiries you can send to the email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Due to easy and fast reference, please in the description of the email subject, specify CROQALM where do not forget to enter the code of your laboratory. We thank all partipicats for their participation.

Kind regards,
CROQALM Tim

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1st EXERCISE OF EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT (EQA) IN 2020

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the first round of external quality assessment in 2020 conducted by Croatian Centre for Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine, within Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
All necessary information is included below.

MODULE  
I
II
III
IV
VI
VII
VIII-I
VIII-II
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII

Biochemistry parameters
Specific protein
Laboratory hematology
Laboratory coagulation
Urinalysis (urine test strip, urine sediment)
Analysis of pH, blood gases and electrolytes, glucose and lactate
Thyroid hormones and PSA
Hormones, vitamins, tumor and cardiac markers
HbA1c
Extra-analytical phase of laboratory testing
Sweat chloride test
Biochemistry parameters in urine
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
DYNAMICS
OF CYCLE:

 11/03/2020
until 27/03/2020
after 24/04/2020		 SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION
RESULTS ENTRY
ANALYSED RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE
Informatics
coordinator

 Adriana Bokulic contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
with mandatory laboratory code entry
RESULTS
ENTRY

through the official CROQALM website in the "Results Entry" section or via website: https://croqalm.com)

Annexes:
Sample for Module 1, Module 3, Module 8-1, Module 8-2 and for Module 12 should be determined immediately upon receipt of the shipment.
We suggest that you download the certificate of your loading operator, to avoid messages about insecure network address. In case the message appears, your further work will not be disturbed.

Kind regards,
CROQALM Tim 

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OPENING SESSION FOR PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM OF EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN LABORATORY MEDICINE IN 2020.

Dear members of CSMBLM,

We inform you that the application for a national program of external quality assessment in 2020 (three exercises) is open from 2nd December 2019 until December 20th 2019.

Payment for all three exercises in 2020 should be made till 31st January 2020.

Registration CROQALM web site at: https://croqalm.com

Access inlab2*QALM program is possible after entering a user name and password that you used before.

Overview of modules and tests by exercises and prices are available on the website of CROQALM in the "Modules and tests" (link http://croqalm.hdmblm.hr/index.php/hr/moduli-pretrage ).

Module tests have been some changed in compared to the previous year, please check this.

Your application for a particular module will follow the calendar of events during 2020, according to the planned schedule (March, June, September) which you can view or retrieve in the "Calendar of events" (link http://croqalm.hdmblm.hr/index.php/hr/dinamika-ciklusa ).

Change basic information about the lab, leader or person to contact can be done directly through the network system, as instructed, and the changes are responsible themselves.

New customers who have not registered in the system, they need to fill Application form which can be retrieved in the "Instructions forms." The form you need to print, fill out and send to the office CSMBLM fax (+385 1 48 28 133) or by e-mail (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ). Following the introduction of the system, new users will get their username and password.

Please respect the timelines and following instructions:

Registration of modules and tests and the design offers through the network system users need to do it yourself (offers are formed automatically according to the instructions and commands)

Sending Order form: according to Offer fill up the form and send it by e-mail to CSMBLM Administrative Secretary, Mrs. Jasna Đogić by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or fax to CSMBLM: +385 1 4828 133

Preform Invoice: You will receive Preform Invoice by e-mail, 2-3 days after sending the Order form

Payment of the preform Invoice should be made until 31st January 2020.

Late entries and payments will not be possible.

Please send all of your questions and uncertainties related to the application, by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  to Information Coordinators: Mrs Ana Grzunov and Mrs Adriana Bokulic.

We kindly ask all users to double-check your username and password if you need to change them. It is also very important to check all the time / module in which you participate in order to avoid subsequent complications.

We wish to thank all those who, through their participation, patience, suggestions and comments help our external quality assessment program to do better. We will continue to strive to improve the system which is not possible without your valuable comments.

We look forward to working together

CROQALM Tim

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3rd EXERCISE OF EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT (EQA) IN 2019

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the third round of external quality assessment in 2019 conducted by Croatian Centre for Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine, within Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
All necessary information is included below.

MODULE  
I
II
III
IV
VI
VII
VIII-I
VIII-II
IX
X

XI
XII
XIII

Biochemistry parameters
Specific protein
Laboratory hematology
Laboratory coagulation (survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DCHMQ8V)
Urinalysis (urine test strip, urine sediment)
Analysis of pH, blood gases and electrolytes, glucose and lactate
Thyroid hormones and PSA
Hormones, vitamins, tumor and cardiac markers
HbA1c
Extra-analytical phase of laboratory testing (first survey link for sample results https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XF6CYB5; second survey link for postanalyitcs: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NLRVLK6
Sweat chloride test
Biochemistry parameters in urine
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
DYNAMICS
OF CYCLE:

 10/09/2019
until 27/09/2019
after 20/10/2019		 SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION
RESULTS ENTRY
ANALYSED RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE
Informatics
coordinator

 Adriana Bokulic
Valentina Vidranski		 contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
with mandatory laboratory code entry
RESULTS
ENTRY

through the official CROQALM website in the "Results Entry" section or via website: https://croqalm.com)

Annexes:
Sample for Module 1, Module 3, Module 8-1,Module 8-2 B, Module 10 and for Module 12 should be determined immediately upon receipt of the shipment.
We suggest that you download the certificate of your loading operator, to avoid messages about insecure network address. In case the message appears, your further work will not be disturbed.

Kind regards,
CROQALM Tim 

 

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THE AVAILABILITY OF THE RESULTS OF THE 2nd EQAS IN 2019.

Dear Colleagues,

The evaluation of the 2nd exercise EQAS-2019-1 results is available from July 17, 2019 on the following link https://croqalm.com which is also available on the CROQALM website in the "Results entry".

After entering your username and password, in the "FINAL REPORT", you can view, print or store the statistical analysis of the results of each module in which you are engaged with the interpretation of the results obtained at the level of all participating laboratories, as well as a final report with the evaluation of the acceptability of the results received by each module of this (and previous) cycle.

Any further inquiries you can send to the email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Due to easy and fast reference, please in the description of the email subject, specify CROQALM where do not forget to enter the code of your laboratory.

We thank all participants for their participation.

Kind regards,
CROQALM Tim

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2ND EXERCISE OF EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT (EQA) IN 2019

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the second round of external quality assessment in 2019 conducted by Croatian Centre for Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine, within Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
All necessary information is included below.

MODULE  
I
I-A
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII-I
IX
X
XI
XII

Biochemistry parameters
CAP samples (creatinine - 6 samples, survey)
Specific protein (CRP)
Laboratory hematology
Laboratory coagulation (PV, INR, APTT, AT III, Fibrinogen, D-dimer)
Drugs (Medicaments)
Urinalysis (urine test strip, urine sediment)
Analysis of pH, blood gases and electrolytes, glucose and lactate
Thyroid hormones and PSA
HbA1c
Extra-analytical phase of laboratory testing (sample and two survey)
Sweat chloride test
Biochemistry parameters in urine
DYNAMICS
OF CYCLE:

 11/06/2019
until 28/06/2019
after 20/07/2019

 SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION
RESULTS ENTRY
ANALYSED RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE
Informatics
coordinator

 Adriana Bokulic
Valentina Vidranski		 contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
with mandatory laboratory code entry
RESULTS
ENTRY

through the official CROQALM website in the "Results Entry" section or via website: https://croqalm.com)

Annexes:
Sample for Module 1, Module 3, Module 8-1, Module 10 and for Module 12 should be determined immediately upon receipt of the shipment.

We suggest that you download the certificate of your loading operator, to avoid messages about insecure network address. In case the message appears, your further work will not be disturbed.

Kind regards,
CROQALM Tim 

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