The 2021 Global Survey of QC 1. The Great Global Quality Control Survey 17% of survey complete. Question Title Tell us how YOU run your Quality Control!There's the QC that is taught in the textbooks... and then there's the QC that's run in the real world.We're trying to get a handle on the actual QC practices that are done around the world. So asking you to share what you do in this global survey.To help motivate you, we're offering several prizes to randomly selected survey participants. The prizes include Westgard bobble-heads, Westgard thumb drives, online courses, or textbooks. Question Title Sponsored by Technopath Clinical Diagnostics Question Title * 1. Ready to begin? All right - first, enter your email address (this ensures your response is unique - the only other use of this email address will be to inform you if you win one of the raffle prizes at the end of the survey period) Question Title * 2. Please indicate the country where you currently work. AD - Andorra AE - United Arab Emirates AF - Afghanistan AG - Antigua and Barbuda AI - Anguilla AL - Albania AM - Armenia AO - Angola AQ - Antarctica AR - Argentina AS - American Samoa AT - Austria AU - Australia AW - Aruba AZ - Azerbaijan BA - Bosnia and Herzegovina BB - Barbados BD - Bangladesh BE - Belgium BF - Burkina Faso BG - Bulgaria BH - Bahrain BI - Burundi BJ - Benin BL - Saint Barthelemy BM - Bermuda BN - Brunei BO - Bolivia BR - Brazil BS - Bahamas, The BT - Bhutan BV - Bouvet Island BW - Botswana BY - Belarus BZ - Belize CA - Canada CC - Cocos (Keeling) Islands CD - Congo, Democratic Republic of the CF - Central African Republic CG - Congo, Republic of the CH - Switzerland CI - Cote d'Ivoire CK - Cook Islands CL - Chile CM - Cameroon CN - China CO - Colombia CR - Costa Rica CU - Cuba CV - Cape Verde CW - Curacao CX - Christmas Island CY - Cyprus CZ - Czech Republic DE - Germany DJ - Djibouti DK - Denmark DM - Dominica DO - Dominican Republic DZ - Algeria EC - Ecuador EE - Estonia EG - Egypt EH - Western Sahara ER - Eritrea ES - Spain ET - Ethiopia FI - Finland FJ - Fiji FK - Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) FM - Micronesia, Federated States of FO - Faroe Islands FR - France FX - France, Metropolitan GA - Gabon GB - United Kingdom GD - Grenada GE - Georgia GF - French Guiana GG - Guernsey GH - Ghana GI - Gibraltar GL - Greenland GM - Gambia, The GN - Guinea GP - Guadeloupe GQ - Equatorial Guinea GR - Greece GS - South Georgia and the Islands GT - Guatemala GU - Guam GW - Guinea-Bissau GY - Guyana HK - Hong Kong HM - Heard Island and McDonald Islands HN - Honduras HR - Croatia HT - Haiti HU - Hungary ID - Indonesia IE - Ireland IL - Israel IM - Isle of Man IN - India IO - British Indian Ocean Territory IQ - Iraq IR - Iran IS - Iceland IT - Italy JE - Jersey JM - Jamaica JO - Jordan JP - Japan KE - Kenya KG - Kyrgyzstan KH - Cambodia KI - Kiribati KM - Comoros KN - Saint Kitts and Nevis KP - Korea, North KR - Korea, South KW - Kuwait KY - Cayman Islands KZ - Kazakhstan LA - Laos LB - Lebanon LC - Saint Lucia LI - Liechtenstein LK - Sri Lanka LR - Liberia LS - Lesotho LT - Lithuania LU - Luxembourg LV - Latvia LY - Libya MA - Morocco MC - Monaco MD - Moldova ME - Montenegro MF - Saint Martin MG - Madagascar MH - Marshall Islands MK - Macedonia ML - Mali MM - Burma MN - Mongolia MO - Macau MP - Northern Mariana Islands MQ - Martinique MR - Mauritania MS - Montserrat MT - Malta MU - Mauritius MV - Maldives MW - Malawi MX - Mexico MY - Malaysia MZ - Mozambique NA - Namibia NC - New Caledonia NE - Niger NF - Norfolk Island NG - Nigeria NI - Nicaragua NL - Netherlands NO - Norway NP - Nepal NR - Nauru NU - Niue NZ - New Zealand OM - Oman PA - Panama PE - Peru PF - French Polynesia PG - Papua New Guinea PH - Philippines PK - Pakistan PL - Poland PM - Saint Pierre and Miquelon PN - Pitcairn Islands PR - Puerto Rico PS - Gaza Strip PS - West Bank PT - Portugal PW - Palau PY - Paraguay QA - Qatar RE - Reunion RO - Romania RS - Serbia RU - Russia RW - Rwanda SA - Saudi Arabia SB - Solomon Islands SC - Seychelles SD - Sudan SE - Sweden SG - Singapore SH - Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha SI - Slovenia SJ - Svalbard SK - Slovakia SL - Sierra Leone SM - San Marino SN - Senegal SO - Somalia SR - Suriname SS - South Sudan ST - Sao Tome and Principe SV - El Salvador SX - Sint Maarten SY - Syria SZ - Swaziland TC - Turks and Caicos Islands TD - Chad TF - French Southern and Antarctic Lands TG - Togo TH - Thailand TJ - Tajikistan TK - Tokelau TL - Timor-Leste TM - Turkmenistan TN - Tunisia TO - Tonga TR - Turkey TT - Trinidad and Tobago TV - Tuvalu TW - Taiwan TZ - Tanzania UA - Ukraine UG - Uganda UM - United States Minor Outlying Islands US - United States UY - Uruguay UZ - Uzbekistan VA - Holy See (Vatican City) VC - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VE - Venezuela VG - British Virgin Islands VI - Virgin Islands VN - Vietnam VU - Vanuatu WF - Wallis and Futuna WS - Samoa XK - Kosovo YE - Yemen YT - Mayotte ZA - South Africa ZM - Zambia ZW - Zimbabwe Question Title * 3. Please describe your level of responsibility Technologist Chief Technologist Section Supervisor Laboratory Supervisor Laboratory Director Consultant Vendor / Field Service / Sales Representative Question Title * 4. What type of laboratory do you work in? Public Health or Government Lab Reference Lab / Independent Lab Private Hospital Lab Physician's Office / Out-patient clinic lab Blood Bank Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. What is your approximate annual volume of testing? less than 10,000 tests per year >10,000 but less than 100,000 tests per year >100,000 but less than 1,000,000 tests per year > 1,000,000 tests per year but less than 5 milliion > 5,000,000 tests per year none Other (please specify) Question Title * 6. Type of accreditation or certifications of your laboratory (choose as many as apply) CLIA CAP The Joint Commission COLA ISO 15189 Other National or Regional Regulations Don't know Next