Objetivo Molecular Diagnostics are available for Clinical Chemistry and Medical Genetic laboratories and international regulatory organisms have already developed guidelines, recommendations and External quality assurance (EQA) programmes to safeguard their quality. But up today EQA programs for specific DNA targets remain limited to a few tests. Moreover these regulatory organisms are concerned about the possibility to keep up with new EQA programmes addressed to the expected growth rate of new diagnostic tests. EQA programmes directed to the evaluation of the analytical aspects common to the majority of the molecular diagnostics can be proposed and these methodological EQA programmes may be valuable with the existing EQA programmes or in absence of them. The Partners of the Project, Coordinators of EQA programmes of molecular diagnostics already implemented at national or international level, propose a panel of'EQA programmes on Performance and Interpretation of PCR based assay methods. These methodological EQA programmes will be available to laboratories performing Molecular Diagnostics on a voluntary basis for monitoring performances of technical procedures common to most of these methods. Specifically developed questionnaires and procedures of data analysis will be implemented for monitoring efficacy and appreciation of these EQA programmes. Diffusion of these EQA programmes to other countries will be supported through international organisms of the area of Laboratory Medicine, such as EC4. Finally specific training courses will be organised by the partners for the participants of this survey in order to improve both technical and interpretation skills required for the correct use of these molecular diagnostic tests. It is expected that integration between EQA programmes addressed to methodological aspects and to specific analytes, with appropriate international training activities will improve the quality of molecular diagnostics.' Ámbito científico natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencenatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsDNA Programa(s) FP6-LIFESCIHEALTH - Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health: Thematic Priority 1 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Tema(s) LSH-2002-3-5 - Realising ERA objectives Convocatoria de propuestas FP6-2002-LIFESCIHEALTH Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinador UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Via Santa Maria 3 FIRENZE Italia Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (7) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo STICHTING EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES CONFEDERATION OF CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE Países Bajos Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Haakakker 12 MIERLO Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Seminarstrasse 2 HEIDELBERG Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH Bélgica Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Rue Juliette Wytsman 14 BRUXELLES Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos ZIEKENHUISGROEP TWENTE Países Bajos Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Zilvermeeuw 1 ALMELO Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT SERVICE (UKNEQAS) Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección The Manor House, 260 Ecclesall Road South SHEFFIELD Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Viale Regina Elena 299 ROMA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE Chequia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Ovocny trh 5 PRAHA 1 Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos