Educational external quality assessment scheme (EQAS) for the implementation of the finalized version of the isoform assays to detect GH doping in sports in WADA-accredited laboratories

Project Title: Educational external quality assessment scheme (EQAS) for the implementation of the finalized version of the isoform assays to detect GH doping in sports in WADA-accredited laboratories

Researchers: M. Bidlingmaier (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Klinikum der Universitaet, Medizinische Klinik – Innenstadt, Munich, Germany); C. Strasburger, Z. Wu (Charite Campus Mitte, Klinik für Innere Medizin mit Schwerpunkt Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie, Berlin, Germany)

Year accepted: 2009

Summary: We propose to conduct a third educational EQAS to allow the remaining WADA accredited laboratories to complete implementation of the test. In addition, the EQAS could be used by laboratories which identified problems during the last EQAS to demonstrate that corrective actions have been successfully implemented.