King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital of Thailand has renewed its place in the Sigma Verification of Performance Program

Sigma Verification of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital

Original Verification: January 15th, 2021
Duration of Verification: February 2^nd, 2023 through February 29^th, 2024

 In 2021, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital joined the Westgard Sigma Verification of Performance Program.

From their website:

 "King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and the Thai Red Cross Society have served for over 100 years to improve wellness for Thai people, working through experienced, multidisciplinary teams. As part of this organization, the Department of Laboratory Medicine has unlimited ambition to prevent illnesses while providing patients and other service recipients with state-of-the-art instruments and techniques along with the best medical services. Recognizing the continuous growth in the world of healthcare, we are constantly working towards better qualities in our medical service regarding good diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, prognosis and prevention with approximately five million tests a year meeting medical standard at both regional and international levels."

Summary of Analyte Performance

Instrument performance in Chemistry were verified.

Chemistry Assays	Alinity C Verified	Alinity I Verified
Albumin	Six Sigma	-
Alkaline Phosphatase	Six Sigma	-
ALT	Five Sigma	-
Amylase	Six Sigma	-
AST	Six Sigma	-
Bilirubin, Direct	Six Sigma	-
Bilirubin, Total	Six Sigma	-
Calcium	Six Sigma	-
Chloride	Five Sigma	-
Cholesterol	Six Sigma	-
CO2	Five Sigma	-
Creatinine Kinase (CK)	Six Sigma	-
CK-MB, mass	-	Four Sigma
Creatinine	Six Sigma	-
GGT	Five Sigma	-
Glucose	Six Sigma	-
Haptoglobin	Six Sigma	-
HDL	Six Sigma	-
Hemoglobin A1C	Six Sigma	-
Lactate	Six Sigma	-
LDL	Six Sigma	-
Magnesium	Six Sigma	-
Phosphorous	Six Sigma	-
Potassium	Six Sigma	-
Protein, Total	Six Sigma	-
Sodium	Five Sigma	-
Triglycerides	Six Sigma	-
Urea Nitrogen	Five Sigma	-
Uric Acid	Six Sigma	-

Urine assays also were verified:

Urine Assays	Alinity C Verified
Albumin, U	Six Sigma
Calcium, U	Six Sigma
Chloride, U	Six Sigma
Creatinine, U	Six Sigma
Glucose, U	Six Sigma
Phosphorous, U	Six Sigma
Potassium, U	Six Sigma
Protein, U	Six Sigma
Sodium, U	Six Sigma
Urea N, U	Six Sigma
Uric, U	Six Sigma

Troponin I was verified:

Cardiac Markers Assay	Alinity I Verified
Troponin I	Five Sigma

Finally, a few immunoassays were verified:

Immunoassays	Alinity I Verified
Beta-hCG	Six Sigma
T4, Free	Six Sigma
TSH	Six Sigma

Six Sigma: World Class Quality. Possible to use 3s to 3.5s limits and a minimum of controls

Five Sigma: Excellent Quality. Possible to use 3s limits or a 1:3s/2:2s/R:4s Westgard Rule

Four Sigma: Good Quality. Possible to use 1:3s/2:2s/R:4s/4:1s Westgard Rule

 Visual Summary of Performance of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Lab

 

Congratulations again to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and their staff.