General information

QualiCont Nonprofit Kft. is an independent and impartial Hungarian External Quality Assessment (EQA) provider.

It has been supporting the work carried out by in vitro diagnostic measuring places for more than 25 years by organising wide range of tests of proficiency surveys in order to maintain and improve the quality of professional work achieving increasing patient safety and a high level of health protection by making healthcare diagnostics more reliable.

QualiCont and its management are independent and impartial, the Company does not receive any support from the State or from any other firms operating in the healthcare business.

QualiCont was founded in 1996 by five scientific societies which retain ownership to this day:

- Hungarian Society of Laboratory Medicine,
- Hungarian Society for Microbiology,
- Hungarian Society of Pathology,
- Hungarian Society for Immunology,
- Hungarian Society of Haematology and Transfusion.

Its duty is to support the work carried out by measuring places in order to maintain and improve the quality of professional work.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Our Company has been certified since 2011 according to the ISO 9001 standard.
Audited activities: Planning, organization and management of proficiency testing (external quality assessment) and the related supporting services for in vitro medical diagnostic laboratories and investigators on other human and veterinary medicine.
The certification document is available on our website.

ACCREDITATION

QualiCont Nonprofit Kft. is a proficiency testing provider accredited by NAH (National Accreditation Authority) under registration number NAH-8-0002/2023. According to MSZ EN ISO/IEC standard 17043:2010, QualiCont received the accredited status in 2014. As of today, 63 of its proficiency testing schemes have accredited status. All such schemes are accompanied by the letter (A) in related documentation.

More than 90% of the measured parameters are provided accredited, the scope of accreditation is constantly being expanded.
Both the Accreditation Certificate and the Detailed scope of Accreditation are available on the QualiCont website, as well as on the NAH website: www.nah.gov.hu.

NEW!

From 2023 QualiCont provides its accredited proficiency tests ensuring the option of flexible accreditation, which makes much easier to manage and implement changes to meet demands.
In practice, this means that within one accreditation cycle (5 years) it is possible to introduce, for example, the measurement of the same parameter in a new matrix or to introduce a new parameter in the same matrix and measurement principle without having to repeat the accreditation procedure.
Feel free to contact us with your requirements!

ASSISTING AND SUPPORTING PARTICIPANTS' WORK PROFESSIONALLY

You can receive technical and professional assistance regarding the implementation of proficiency testing by

• phone: +36 62 543-016
• mobile phone: +36 30 462 5864
• email: mail@qualicont.com
• I-QC program.

Further professional assistenace is possible as follows:

• consultations for small groups with training purposes scheduled in advance
• one-on-one consulting opportunities - personally if it is required - at prearranged times with pre-set conditions in order to solve selected issues, involving experts if necessary.
• once a year accredited professional training session (QualiCont Forum), so far available only in Hungarian language.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

QualiCont Kft. has been a member

• of EQALM (The European Organisation for External Quality Assurance Providers in Laboratory Medicine), since its foundation in 1996 and
• the EA-EUROLAB-EURACHEM’s work group involved in external quality control accreditation since 2014,
• the EEE PT WG (EA-EUROLAB-EURACHEM’s work group: ‘Proficiency Testing in Accreditation’).