Advanced Quality Management / Six Sigma

VIVA 1A IPS SA Laboratory Sigma Verification of Performance

VIVA 1A Laboratory the first laboratory of Colombia to achieve the sigma verification of performance, with the help of our partner Annar Diagnostics. In 2021, they significantly expanded the verification of their instruments.

VIVA 1A Laboratory Verification of Performance

Original Verification: November 2020
Verification Period: December 1st, 2021 through December 31st, 2022

2020 VIVA 1A Sigma VP certificates

VIVA 1A IPS S.A. Laboratory of Bogota, Colombia is the first laboratory in Colombia to achieve the Westgard Sigma Verification of Performance. Through our partner, Annar Diagnostics, they implemented and achieved a high level of quality even during the most challenging pandemic times.

The Viva 1A company has more than 3,200 employees and serves more than 2,250 users. The Central Processing Laboratory Viva 1A provides its services to outpatients, has more than 160 tests in its portfolio and serves an average of 1,400 users per year. It is a reference laboratory for Bogota with total automation of the process and world-class quality processes.

Chemistry and Urine analytes

Chemistry Assays	Verified on ADVIA 1800 #1 CA1291012511251	Verified on ADVIA 1800 #2 CA1291012521252	Verified on ADVIA 1800 #3 CA1291006660666
Albumin	Six Sigma	-	-
Alk Phos	Six Sigma	-	-
ALT	-	Six Sigma	Four Sigma
Amylase	Six Sigma	-	-
AST	-	Six Sigma	-
C4	-	-	Five Sigma
C-Reactive Protein	-	-	Six Sigma
Cholesterol	Four Sigma	-	Five Sigma
Creatinine	Five Sigma	Five Sigma	Six Sigma
Creatinine Kinase (CK)	Six Sigma	-	-
HDL	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	-
IgM	-	-	Six Sigma
Iron	-	-	Four Sigma
LDH	Six Sigma	-	-
LDL	Six Sigma	-	-
Potassium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	-
Triglycerides	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
UIBC	-	-	Six Sigma

Immunoassays were also verified:

Immunoassays	Verified on CENTAUR #1 IRL20221805	Verified on CENTAUR #2 IRL20331806
Estradiol	Six Sigma	-
FSH	Four Sigma	-
HCG	Five Sigma	-
LH	Four Sigma	-
PSA, Total	Six Sigma	Five Sigma
PTH	-	Four Sigma
TPO	-	Four Sigma
TSH	Six Sigma	-

Coagulation assays were also verified:

Coagulation Assays

Verified on

STAGO #1 CF77104084

Verified on

STAGO #3 CF76052603

APTT

Four Sigma

Prothrombin Time

Five Sigma

Hemoglobin A1c assays were also verified:

Assays

Verified on

CAPILLARYS SEBIA #1 526

Verified on

CAPILLARYS SEBIA #2 527

Verified on

CAPILLARYS SEBIA #4 955

Hemoglobin A1c

Four Sigma

Five Sigma

Hematology assays were also verified:

Hematology Assays	Verified on ADVIA 2120 #1 IR12701846	Verified on ADVIA 2120 #2 IR07191737
MCV	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
MCH	Four Sigma	Five Sigma
Platelets	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
WBC	Five Sigma	Five Sigma
Lymphocytes	Four Sigma	Five Sigma
Monocytes	Six Sigma	-
Neutrophils	Five Sigma	Six Sigma

Hematology Assays	Verified on ADVIA 2120 #3 IR08631803	Verified on ADVIA 2120 #4 IR42881539
MCV	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
MCH	Four Sigma	Five Sigma
Platelets	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
RBC	-	Four Sigma
WBC	Four Sigma	Five Sigma
Lymphocytes	-	Five Sigma
Neutrophils	Six Sigma	Six Sigma