Introducing our teams: Research & Development

The R&D and Science Team is one of three teams inside EQA Solutions at Labquality. All three teams actively deliver the EQA rounds to our clients, and each team has a special focus of interest.

We continuously use our innovative energy to develop better and more versatile quality assessment tools. We offer new external quality assessment schemes and introduce new tools for external quality control, always listening to our customers' needs. The development work is done in collaboration with the other EQA Solution teams and our EQA staff.

We also have a large network of over a hundred laboratory medicine professionals who act as scheme experts, members of our expert groups, and lecturers at various training events. In collaboration, we have presented numerous posters from our projects, and we are also proud to be co-writers in scientific publications.

We actively attend international events and strive to be present where things are happening. By participating in international conferences and training events, we enhance our expertise, learn about new innovations, and identify needs for new EQA products. In addition to developing new products, we continuously improve our existing EQA rounds.

We also aim to share knowledge about external quality assurance and gladly welcome ideas and feedback from our customers. Our operations aim to support clinical laboratories and point-of-care testing sites by providing high-quality external quality assessment services. Please respond to our feedback surveys whenever you encounter one. Your comments are of great value to us in our continuous development work.

We are a team of six people focusing on the development of new EQA products, in addition to delivering EQA rounds: EQA Solutions Manager Heidi Berghäll, EQA Coordinators Pia Eloranta, Kati Luiro, Päivi Ranta, Anu Tulivuori, and Kati Venäläinen.

P.S. The team has just launched this year's EQA Pilot Studies! Read more about them here.