caa a22 4500 605465940 CHVBK 20210128100305.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00769-015-1142-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00769-015-1142-3 Proficiency testing carried out by the European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites [Elektronische Daten] [Patrizia Rossi, Gianluca Marucci, Marco Lalle, Adriano Casulli, Alessia Possenti, Edoardo Pozio] The European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites (EURLP) organises proficiency testing (PT) for the National Reference Laboratories for Parasites (NRLs) of the member states and for public and private laboratories performing official controls in European and extra-EU countries, in order to assess their competence and to improve laboratory performance. Since its appointment in July 2006, the EURLP organised almost 50 PTs on different methods to detect and identify foodborne parasites. According to the Commission Regulation (EC) 2075/2005, all animals which are potential carriers of Trichinella spp. larvae, shall be tested at the slaughterhouse by one of the methods reported in the Regulation 2075/2005. The EURLP organised eight PTs (once a year) on detection of Trichinella larvae in a panel of meat balls, made by minced pork or horse meat spiked with Trichinella larvae. Moreover, PTs on the identification of Trichinella parasites by molecular methods were organised; samples consisted of Trichinella larvae preserved in 95% ethanol. The EURLP organised PTs to test the competence of NRLs to detect Anisakidae larvae in fish fillets. PTs were also organised to test the competence of NRLs to detect Echinococcus sp. worms or their parts in the intestinal mucosa of canids, definitive hosts of these parasites. All PTs were qualitatively evaluated; a quantitative evaluation was also performed, when appropriate, in order to provide participants with a useful tool to improve their performance. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Proficiency testing nationallicence European Union Reference Laboratory nationallicence Foodborne parasites nationallicence Trichinella spp nationallicence Anisakidae nationallicence Echinococcus spp nationallicence Rossi Patrizia European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Marucci Gianluca European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Lalle Marco European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Casulli Adriano European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Possenti Alessia European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Pozio Edoardo European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Accreditation and Quality Assurance Springer Berlin Heidelberg 20/4(2015-08-01), 311-317 0949-1775 20:4<311 2015 20 769 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-015-1142-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-015-1142-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rossi Patrizia European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Marucci Gianluca European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lalle Marco European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Casulli Adriano European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Possenti Alessia European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pozio Edoardo European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Accreditation and Quality Assurance Springer Berlin Heidelberg 20/4(2015-08-01), 311-317 0949-1775 20:4<311 2015 20 769