Global HPV DNA Typing Proficiency Panel 2024 (456)

External quality assessment for laboratories that perform HPV typing. The scheme is organised by the Global HPV reference laboratories, an initiative established to support the world-wide implementation of HPV vaccines through improved laboratory standardization and quality assurance of HPV testing and typing methods to promote international comparability of results. Participant laboratories will be asked to perform HPV typing using one or more of their usual assays in this panel.

The test material/panel consists of 44 samples containing purified whole genomic plasmids of HPV in a background of human cellular DNA. Each sample may contain either no HPV, a single HPV type or a mixture of HPV types at varying concentrations.

The price for one panel (44 samples) is 750 Euros for commercial entities and 315 Euros for academic entities. Participants from low and lower middle-income counties (World Bank classification with GNI (gross national income) per capita: <4045 USD) can apply for waiving of fee. Laboratories that have outstanding payments from past Global HPV DNA proficiency panels will need to clear their debts before their registration is accepted.

Swedish laboratories register on our Swedish site. Laboratories from Denmark or Norway: Please contact your national distributor, DEKS (Denmark) or Noklus (Norway), for information on how to apply. Laboratories from other countries can send an application to participate as international participants. For EU countries a VAT number must be provided for valid application. For participants outside of the EU, please note N/A in the VAT field.

Registration for participation closes 20 June 2024.

Only one round scheduled in 2024

Reports will be sent out by Karolinska Institutet