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Scientific Posters

Our experts have worked on several pilot projects, resulting in these scientific posters being presented at various international congresses.

Newest posters

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Artificial intelligence determined reference value (“rAIght value”) included in virtual histopathology EQA scheme: Comparison of participating pathologists and a trained image analysis algorithm

Jonna Pelanti1*, Pia Eloranta1, Juuso Juhila2**, Anniina Wester2, Marita Laurila3, Heidi Berghäll1

1 Labquality, Helsinki, Finland
2 Aiforia Technologies, Helsinki, Finland (**at time of this research project)
3. Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere, Finland

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Methods used for lipemia evaluation require more attention and quality control processes

Jonna Pelanti1, Heidi Berghäll1, Dalius Vitkus1,2

1 Labquality, Helsinki, Finland
2 Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Presented at the EQALM 2024 Symposium.

New EQA Scheme for Improving Pipetting Quality

New EQA Scheme for Improving Pipetting Quality

Kristel Virtanen1, Riitta Viertola1, Solveig Mo2, Marit Sverresdotter Sylte2, Jonna Pelanti1, Heidi Berghäll1

1 Labquality, Helsinki, Finland
2 Department of Medical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Presented at the NFKK 2024 congress.

External quality assessment reveals lack of harmonization in the pneumatic tube systems and hemolysis index cutoffs

External quality assessment reveals lack of harmonization in the pneumatic tube systems and hemolysis index cutoffs

Iida Silvo1, Heidi Berghäll1, Kristel Virtanen1, Niva Sabeshan², Janne Cadamuro3, Jonna Pelanti1

1 Labquality, Helsinki, Finland
2 Motryx, Halifax, Canada
3 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Presented at the NFKK 2024 congress.

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Mycoplasma genitalium, Drug Resistance, Nucleic Acid Detection; Introducing a New External Quality Assessment Scheme

Kati Luiro1, Kristel Virtanen1, Sydney Rivers2, Pavel Zhelev2, Jieran Li2, Amer Alagic2, Jonna Pelanti1, Heidi Berghäll1

1 Labquality, Helsinki, Finland
2 Microbix Biosystem, Mississauga, ON, Canada

Presented at the ESCMID 2024 congress.

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Educational Preanalytical Cases Support
End-to-end EQA in Bacteriology Laboratories

Kristel Virtanen, Elina Tuovinen, Yvonne Björkman, Jonna Pelanti, Heidi Berghäll

Labquality, Helsinki, Finland

Presented at the ESCMID 2024 congress.

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Educational Pee-analytical Cases in Urine Culture EQA Keep Labs Happy

Elina Tuovinen1, Yvonne Björkman1, Kristel Virtanen1, Päivi Suomala2, Jonna Pelanti1, Heidi Berghäll1

Presented at the EQALM Symposium 2023.

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Laboratories benefit from directly integrating their LIS to EQA platform

Kristel Virtanen1, Heidi Berghäll1, Jonna Pelanti1

1 Labquality, Helsinki, Finland

Presented at the Euromedlab 2023 congress and EQALM Symposium 2023.

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Performance notifications decrease reaction times to EQA reports

Jonna Pelanti1, Heidi Berghäll1, Kristel Virtanen1

1 Labquality, Helsinki, Finland

Presented at the Euromedlab 2023 congress.

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EQA scheme highlights needs for continuous monitoring and recommendations for sample transportation using Pneumatic Tube Systems

Heidi Berghäll1, Iida Silvo1, Kristel Virtanen1, Sunga Park2, Niva Sabeshan2, Jonna Pelanti1, Janne Cadamuro3

1 Labquality, Helsinki, Finland
2 Motryx, Halifax, Canada
3 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Presented at the Euromedlab 2023 congress.

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Thyroid stimulating hormone and free thyroxine reference intervals for children and the elderly with Siemens Atellica based on patient data

Jonna Pelanti1,2, Outi Itkonen1, Mikko Anttonen1

1 Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
2 Labquality, Helsinki, Finland

Presented at the Euromedlab 2023 congress.

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Pilot study introducing a new EQA scheme for Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance

Kristel Virtanen1, Heidi Berghäll1, Jaana Paakkanen1, Silja Mentula2, Jonna Pelanti1

1 Labquality, Helsinki, Finland
2 Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Dept. Health Security, Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland

Presented at the ECCMID 2023 congress.

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A Success Story of EQA Development During the Pandemic

Heidi Berghäll, Marsa Järvenpää, Kirstel Virtanen, Jonna Pelanti

Presented at the EQALM Symposium 2022.

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Advantages of Using Direct Integration for EQA Result Reporting

Kristel Virtanen, Heidi Berghäll, Jonna Pelanti

Presented at the EQALM Symposium 2022.

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TB or not TB - or DR-TB? Introducing a new EQA scheme for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis drug resistance

Heidi Berghäll1, Jaana Paakkanen1, Silja Mentula2, Kristel Virtanen1, Jonna Pelanti1
1Labquality, Helsinki, Finland
2Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Dept. Health Security, Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland

Presented at the EQALM Symposium 2022

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Preanalytical EQA for PTS: A Modern Pneumatic Tube System Monitoring Tool for Clinical Laboratories

Heidi Berghäll1, Iida Silvo1, Kristel Virtanen1, Chris Dail2, Jonna Pelanti1
1Labquality, Helsinki, Finland
2Motryx, Halifax, NS, Canada

Won the best poster award voted by the audience at the 6th EFLM Conference on Preanalytical Phase 2022

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First results of an international external quality assessment pilot scheme for SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection

Heidi Berghäll1, Marsa Järvenpää1, Matti Waris2, Vesa Mäntynen3, Jonna Pelanti1
1Labquality, Helsinki, Finland
2Department of Virology, University of Turku, Finland
3Nordlab, Oulu, Finland

Presented at the IFCC Virtual Conference on Critical Role of Clinical Laboratories in the Covid-19 Pandemic 2021

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The effect of target values on the performance of photometric glucose results in a general clinical chemistry EQA scheme

Jonna Pelanti1, Dalius Vitkus2, Heidi Berghäll1 
1Labquality, Helsinki, Finland
2Department of Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Presented at the EQALM Symposium 2019.

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