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HISTOQIP IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION - HQISH
HQISH
Analytes/procedures in bold type are regulated for proficiency testing by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Stain/Tissue
Challenges/ Shipment A
Challenges/ Shipment B
Number of Shipments
H&E - Cervical biopsy
1
Two shipments per year
ISH - DNA/RNA - negative control probe ISH
1
ISH - DNA/RNA positive control probe ISH
1
ISH - Human papillomavirus (HPV) ISH (HPV probe, ISH)
1
H&E - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), positive lymphoma
1
ISH - DNA/RNA - negative control probe ISH
1
ISH - DNA/RNA positive control probe ISH
1
ISH - EBV ISH (EBV probe, ISH)
1
This program augments efforts to improve the preparation of ISH slides in all anatomic pathology laboratories involved in the handling of specimens undergoing analysis for HPV and EBV detection by chromogenic in situ hybridization.
Program Information
Participants are to submit an H&E, positive and negative reagent control slides, and HPV and EBV DNA/RNA ISH stained coverslipped glass slides (one from each category) per mailing.
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