New insights into quality control of lung function testing
Symposium Chairs: J. Makonga-Braaksma (Woudenberg, Netherlands), A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy)
Aims: to describe the impact and relevance of quality control in pulmonary laboratories for continual improvement and quality assuranceto present the 1) re-examination of biological control in spirometry, 2) how to implement quality control in line with the DLCO/DLNO guidelines issued in 2017, 3) quality control standards in cardiopulmonary exercise testing and 4) data management in quality control programmes.