We are hiring!

We’re looking for a Band 6 EQA Scientist (BMS) to join our Transfusion Team 

We need a BMS who has practical experience of using one or more transfusion testing technologies

Click here for the advert, or go to NHS Jobs and search for “NEQAS” in Watford. 

For further information or to arrange an informal visit, contact [email protected] 

Registration for Joint UK NEQAS BTLP/BBTS Blood Bank Technology SIG Annual Meeting, Tuesday 26 November 2024

Registration is open from Friday 13 September.  Click here to register.

ICSH Guidance on IQC for Blood Cell Counters

The ICSH has published guidance on IQC policy for blood cell counters.  The guidance is free to access from the International Journal of Laboratory Haematology:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijlh.14212

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijlh.14220

UK NEQAS Schedules for 2024/25

PDF copies of exercise schedules have been uploaded and can be accessed in our documents section. You can also use our online schedules list by clicking here.

The online schedules page allows you to view all the exercises along with the opening, closing and reporting dates. You will also be able to filter down and view schedules for individual schemes. Further to this you can view an individualised schedule for your own PRN from that same page as long as you are logged in. To do this click the Login button, login with your PRN, Identity and Password and click the Distribution schedules option from the drop down menu with your initials.

All schedules allow you to export them as PDFs or Excel sheets so you can download and / or print them.

UK NEQAS IVDR UPDATE

The European Union In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation [Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (EU IVDR)] was implemented on the 26th of May 2022.  A statement of the application of the IVDR to external quality assessment (EQA) services can be found here.