Face the new challenges in the standardization of hemoglobin A1c measurements in China / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

The national external quality assessment (EQA)programs for hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) measurements in China have been carried out for about 20 years, and the performances of HbA 1c testing in the participating laboratories has been significantly improved .The entire reference system for HbA 1c has been established in China.The first stage in the infrastructure and platform setup for the standardization is substantially completed.In the next step, the focuses of our work will transfer to fully application of the standardization of HbA 1c measurements in China although still many challenges .