Analysis of external quality control assessment results of iodine deficiency disorders laboratories in Fujian Province in 2019 / 中华地方病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To understand the assessment results of external quality control of iodine deficiency disorders laboratories of centers for disease control and prevention at the three levels of province, city and county, so as to promote the improvement of testing ability of laboratories at all the three levels in Fujian Province.Methods:In 2019, iodine deficiency disorders laboratories of one provincial and nine municipal centers for disease control and prevention in Fujian Province participated in the external quality control blind sample examination of urinary iodine, salt iodine and water iodine; iodine deficiency disorders laboratories of 84 county-level centers for disease control and prevention participated in the blind sample examination of external quality control of urinary iodine and salt iodine. The external quality control assessment results were collected and analyzed by descriptive statistics.Results:The qualified rates of urinary iodine, salt iodine and water iodine in provincial and municipal iodine deficiency disorders laboratories all reached 100.0% (10/10); the qualified rate of urinary iodine in county-level iodine deficiency disorders laboratories was 96.4% (81/84), and the qualified rate of salt iodine was 100.0% (84/84).Conclusion:The overall detection capacity of provincial, municipal and county-level iodine deficiency disorders laboratories in Fujian Province remains at a high level, and the urinary iodine detection capacity of some county-level iodine deficiency disorders laboratories still needs to be improved.