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 12^th 2021 through November 30^th, 2022

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