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Queen Elizabeth Kota Kinabalu Sigma Verification of Performance

The Queen Elizabeth Kota Kinabalu Hospital Laboratory achieved first Sigma Verification in November 2021.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Laboratory Sigma Verification of Performance

Verification period: November 12th 2021 through November 30th, 2022

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Hospital Queen Elizabeth (HQE) is a 700-bed tertiary hospital and referral centre for wide field of specialties. HQE is fully accredited by the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH) and MS ISO 9001:2015 with a mission of providing optimal quality healthcare service. The Department of Pathology, HQE is accredited by MS ISO 15189 and is committed to offering efficient and comprehensive diagnostic testing. The Chemical Pathology Unit serves as the referral laboratory for all clinics and hospitals under the Ministry of Health in Sabah. The lab offers a wide array of tests with a workload of 2, 000, 000 tests per year.

The Analytes which Achieved Verification

 The vast majority of assays verified were chemistry.

Chemistry Assay

C804777 verified

C1601913 verified

Albumin

Six Sigma

Five Sigma

Alk Phos

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

ALT

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Amylase

-

Four Sigma

AST

Five Sigma

Five Sigma

Bilirubin, Direct

Four Sigma

Six Sigma

Bilirubin, Total

Four Sigma

Six Sigma

Calcium

Four Sigma

Six Sigma

Chloride

-

Five Sigma

Cholesterol

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Creatinine

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

GGT

Six Sigma

-

Glucose

Four Sigma

Five Sigma

HDL

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Iron

-

Five Sigma

Lactate

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

LDH

Five Sigma

Five Sigma

Magnesium

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Phosphorous

Six Sigma

Four Sigma

Potassium

Four Sigma

Six Sigma

Protein, Total

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Sodium

Four Sigma

Four Sigma

Triglycerides

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Urea Nitrogen

Four Sigma

Four Sigma

Uric Acid

Six Sigma

Six Sigma

 Immunoassay methods were also verified:

Immuno Assay

ISR63562 verified

ISR63558 verified

AFP

Five Sigma

Six Sigma

CA 125

Five Sigma

-

CEA

Four Sigma

-

Cortisol

-

Six Sigma

Estradiol

-

Four Sigma

Folate

-

Four Sigma

FSH

-

Four Sigma

HCG

Five Sigma

-

Progesterone

-

Six Sigma

Prolactin

-

Six Sigma

T4, Free

Five Sigma

Five Sigma

Testosterone

-

Five Sigma

TSH

Six Sigma

-

Finally, some urine assays were verified, too:

Urine Assay

C804777 verified

Chloride, U

Six Sigma

Creatinine, U

Four Sigma

Glucose, U

Six Sigma

Potassium, U

Six Sigma

Protein, U

Six Sigma

Sodium, U

Six Sigma

Uric, U

Six Sigma

Graphic display of Sigma metric performance

 2022 Sigma VP Queen Elizabeth 1 NMEDx

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2022 Sigma VP Queen Elizabeth 3 NMEDx

2022 Sigma VP Queen Elizabeth 4 NMEDx

2022 Sigma VP Queen Elizabeth 5 NMEDx

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Congratulations to the lab and staff of Queen Elizabeth.

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