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Annual Laboratory Quality Improvement Research Projects

No.

Year

Principal Investigator

Research Project Title

Link

1

2009

Sunjoo Kim

A nationwide survey of blood culture practices and proposals for quality improvement, including guideline and inspection requirement development.

2

2009

Hyun Soo Kim

Analysis of inter-lot variation in immunoassay reagents and proposal of an evaluation protocol for reagent lot changes, including guideline and inspection requirement development.

3

2009

Chan-Jeoung Park

An accurate and cost-effective lymphocyte gating method for lymphocyte subset flow cytometry, including guideline and inspection requirement development.

4

2010

Woochang Lee

Establishment of delta-check decision criteria for clinical chemistry test items through large-scale data analysis and practical implementation strategies, including guideline and inspection requirement development.

5

2011

Sang-Hyun Hwang

Standardization of document codes to promote quality improvement in laboratory medicine.

6

2011

Woon-Heung Song

Study on improvement of the practical licensing examination for medical technologists to enhance professional quality.

7

2012

Heungsup Sung

Development of guidelines for performance evaluation of manual microbial nucleic acid extraction methods.

8

2012

Seungman Park

Development of an evaluation protocol for automated nucleic acid extraction systems in microbiological molecular diagnostic testing.

9

2012

Hee Jung Jung

Development of minimum standard guidelines for performance evaluation of quantitative laboratory tests.

10

2013

Young-Uk Cho

Survey of interlaboratory comparison for tests not enrolled in external quality assessment programs and proposal of practical guidance maintaining statistical validity.

11

2013

Yoon-Hee Park

Survey of basic facilities and environments in Korean clinical laboratories and proposal of guidance.

12

2014

Jae-Seok Kim

Study of specimen storage and transport methods for referral testing laboratories.

13

2014

Sung Sup Park

Quality improvement in pediatric laboratory testing: a multicenter study to establish pediatric reference intervals.

14

2015

Dong-Eun Yong

Survey of tuberculosis laboratories in departments of laboratory medicine and development of biosafety operation standards to prevent laboratory-acquired infection and ensure biosafety.

15

2015

Hee-Jung Kang

Study of quality management approaches using hemolysis, icterus, and lipemia (HIL) indices.

16

2016

Sun-Young Kong

Review of domestic and international quality control practices for flow cytometry and proposal of standardized internal quality control guidelines through development of cell-line-based internal quality control materials.

17

2016

Eun-Jeong Won

Survey of internal quality control practices for stool microscopy and development of measures to secure stable quality control materials.

18

2017

Duck Cho

Improvement of the RhD blood group testing algorithm.

19

2017

Tae-Dong Jeong

Specimen quality management for liquid biopsy testing.

20

2018

Chulmin Park

Study on establishment of critical difference criteria in routine chemistry testing.

21

2018

You Kyoung Lee

Development of a quality improvement monitoring system for departments of laboratory medicine and detailed indicators for general management quality assessment.

22

2019

Chan-Jeoung Park

Study on criteria and methods for delta checks in automated complete blood count testing.

23

2019

Young Ah Kim

Effective use of microbiology testing and quality improvement strategies to support appropriate antimicrobial prescribing in community secondary hospitals.

24

2020

Jin-Sook Lim

Survey of Korean laboratories to develop pre-analytical quality management requirements.

25

2020

Hye Jin Kim

Development of an explanatory guide for key certification inspection requirements in laboratory operations.

26

2021

Sol-Ip Kim

Analysis of phlebotomy and specimen handling practices to improve testing quality in institutions that refer laboratory testing, including clinics and small-to-medium hospitals.

27

2021

Jee-Hyang Lim

Survey of domestic practices to develop standardization measures for testing steps and result analysis in flow cytometry quality improvement.

28

2022

Han-Mil Jang

Establishment of allowable internal quality control ranges across multiple instruments.

29

2022

Ju-Young Cho

Survey of evaluation procedures used by Korean laboratories when introducing new test methods.

30

2023

Man Jin Kim

Quality management and advancement strategies for next-generation sequencing test reports.

31

2023

Sol-Ip Kim

Development of a harmonization index for quantitative immunoassay test items.

32

2024

Hyun-Ki Kim

Performance evaluation of patient-based real-time quality control for effective quality management of test results: a multicenter study of troponin testing.

33

2024

Han-Mil Jang

Monitoring clinical staff's immediate actionability through rational application of alert values for clinical chemistry test items and derivation of improvement strategies.

34

2024

Sunjoo Kim

Nationwide survey for rapid sepsis diagnosis and quality improvement of blood cultures.

35

2024

Min-Sun Kim

Standardization of test names and results for transfusion medicine testing.