Johannesburg, South AfricaInternational participants
Schemes: General ChemistryTherapeutic DrugsBlood Gases
- Clinical chemistry
- Haematology & coagulation
- Immunology & serology
- Microbiology
- +2 more
29 schemes
Accreditation self-declared (SANAS)SmartSpot Quality
Johannesburg, South AfricaAccepts international participants
Accreditation self-declared (SANAS)
Johannesburg company that makes non-infectious dried-spot and liquid control materials and runs external quality assessment programmes for molecular diagnostic instruments, chiefly tuberculosis (Xpert MTB/RIF and related assays) and HIV, used by laboratories and clinical trial sites in many countries.
Testing fields
- Immunology & serology
- Microbiology
- Molecular diagnostics & genetics
- Point-of-care testing
Schemes (5)
Molecular Mycobacterium Tuberculosis EQA program
- Microbiology
- Molecular diagnostics & genetics
- Sample type
- Dried culture spots; liquid specimens
- Analytes
- MTB detection and drug susceptibility (RIF, INH, FLQ, KAN, AMK, CAP, ETH); TB LAM antigen
- Rounds/year
- 3
HIV EQA and Verification Control Program
- Molecular diagnostics & genetics
- Sample type
- Dried blood spots; dried plasma spots; liquid specimens
- Analytes
- HIV detection (EID) and HIV viral load
- Rounds/year
- 3
Molecular Virology
- Molecular diagnostics & genetics
- Sample type
- Liquid samples; dried spots
- Analytes
- SARS-CoV-2, influenza, RSV, HPV, HBV and HCV (detection/viral load)
Molecular Bacteriology
- Microbiology
- Molecular diagnostics & genetics
- Sample type
- Liquid specimens; dried culture spots
- Analytes
- MRSA, Clostridioides difficile, syphilis, Chlamydia trachomatis / Neisseria gonorrhoeae
CD4 (Advanced HIV Disease)
- Immunology & serology
- Point-of-care testing
- Sample type
- Tube specimens
- Analytes
- CD4 cell identification/estimation
| Scheme | Testing fields | Sample type | Analytes | Rounds/yr | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molecular Mycobacterium Tuberculosis EQA program |
| Dried culture spots; liquid specimens | MTB detection and drug susceptibility (RIF, INH, FLQ, KAN, AMK, CAP, ETH); TB LAM antigen | 3 | Scheme page for Molecular Mycobacterium Tuberculosis EQA program (opens in a new tab) |
| HIV EQA and Verification Control Program |
| Dried blood spots; dried plasma spots; liquid specimens | HIV detection (EID) and HIV viral load | 3 | Scheme page for HIV EQA and Verification Control Program (opens in a new tab) |
| Molecular Virology |
| Liquid samples; dried spots | SARS-CoV-2, influenza, RSV, HPV, HBV and HCV (detection/viral load) | — | Scheme page for Molecular Virology (opens in a new tab) |
| Molecular Bacteriology |
| Liquid specimens; dried culture spots | MRSA, Clostridioides difficile, syphilis, Chlamydia trachomatis / Neisseria gonorrhoeae | — | Scheme page for Molecular Bacteriology (opens in a new tab) |
| CD4 (Advanced HIV Disease) |
| Tube specimens | CD4 cell identification/estimation | — | Scheme page for CD4 (Advanced HIV Disease) (opens in a new tab) |
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Accreditation
- Status
- Accreditation self-declared
- Accreditation body
- SANAS
- Certificate number
- PTS0017
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Last updated 1 Nov 2026.
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