Cross-Network Total Quality Management

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• TQM Overview

Guidelines for EQA Monitoring, Data and Communication Flow

• IQA CD4 Working Group
• Appendix A: Example UK NEQAS Survey Event Report with Comments of Explanation
• Appendix B: Example IQA Investigation Form
• Appendix C: Example IQA Event Communications Log
• Appendix D: Example IQA Laboratory Performance Summary
• Appendix E: Procedures for Enrolling and Removing DAIDS-funded Network Labs in the UK NEQAS Program
• Appendix F: IQA Support for Existing UK NEQAS CD4 Labs
• Appendix G: IQA Letter to New Labs
• Appendix H: How to Interpret UK NEQAS Reports
• IQA Cryopreservation Proficiency Testing Advisory Group (ICAG) (in development)
• Clinical Pharmacology Quality Assurance (CPQA) (in development)
• Safety Quality Assurance
• Appendix A: Primary Network Laboratory (PNL) Communication Procedure for Safety Proficiency Testing
• Appendix B: FDA Template - Protocol Analyte List (If prompted for a password select "Cancel"; the document will open. Please note that the list of analytes will vary depending on the capabilities of each laboratory.)
• Virology Quality Assurance Advisory Board (VQAAB) Guidelines
• Appendix A: PNL Communication Procedure for VQA Proficiency Testing

Guidelines for Use of Back-Up Equipment and Back-Up Clinical Laboratories for Testing in DAIDS-Sponsored Clinical Trials

• Safety
• Flow Cytometry (in development)
• PBMC Cryopreservation (in development)
• Virology (in development)

Updated January 7, 2010.