Table 5.
Proficiency of detecting HPV types by laboratories that participated in both 2008 and 2010 proficiency studies in comparison with all data sets submitted in 2010a
| Proficiency (%) | No. of laboratories with indicated proficiency/total no. of laboratories in group (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identical assays used |
All tests by laboratories that participated in both 2008 and 2010 |
All data sets, 2010 | |||
| 2008 | 2010 | 2008 | 2010 | ||
| 100 | 10/37 (27) | 11/37 (30) | 13/60 (22) | 13/52 (25) | 26/118 (22) |
| 99-90 | 2/37 (5.4) | 2/37 (5.4) | 9/60 (15) | 4/52 (7.7) | 8/118 (6.8) |
| 89-80 | 6/37 (16) | 4/37 (11) | 7/60 (12) | 7/52 (13) | 15/118 (13) |
| <80 | 5/37 (14) | 6/37 (16) | 11/60 (18) | 7/52 (13) | 23/118 (19) |
| Not proficient | 14/37 (38) | 14/37 (38) | 20/60 (33) | 21/52 (40) | 46/118 (39) |
a
Data presented here are restricted to those for assays testing for more than two HPV types.