Insights from 30 years of Salmonella proficiency testing

Typical Salmonella PT performance

Lab ID

Method

Results

MC6163

MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

A typical performance report from PORTAL, round MC 305. Results are colour-coded: green indicates satisfactory performance and red indicates unsatisfactory. This sample contained Salmonella Livingstone at 8 CFU/g, with 99.7% of participants reporting a correct result – which is a little higher than the expected performance for this matrix and level. The summary graph (below) shows performance scores across Salmonella PT rounds over a five-year period. On average, around 96% of results are satisfactory. This rate is unchanged for negative samples: even when no Salmonella is present, approximately 4% of participants still report a false positive.

MC6177

MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC6177

Other

Detected

MC6187

Other

Detected

MC6198

Other

Detected

MC6250 Enrichment/culture

Detected

MC6253

MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC6421

MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC6436 PCR

Detected

MC6440 MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC6446 VIDAS

Detected

MC6446 PCR

Detected

MC6446 MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC6447

Chromogenic agar

Detected

MC6447

PCR

Detected

100

MC6447

MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC6476 MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC6496 PCR

Detected

MC6524 VIDAS

Detected

MC6526 MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

50

MC6645 Rapid test (Various)

Detected

MC6645 VIDAS

Detected

MC6651

Enrichment/culture

Detected

MC6679 Other

Not Detected

0

MC6722

MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

Jan-15 Jan-16 Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Jan-20

MC6745

MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC6750 Other

Detected

Incorrect results 4%

MC6767

ELISA

Detected

MC6798 PCR

Detected

MC6838 PCR

Detected

MC6838 MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

Correct results 96%

MC6838 Other

Detected

MC6900 Other

Detected

MC6934 Other

Detected

MC6946 MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC6948 VIDAS

Detected

MC7099 MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC7109 3M Molecular Detection System

Detected

MC7112

Chromogenic agar

Detected

MC7135

MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC7173

VIDAS

Detected

MC7299 MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC7438 3M Molecular Detection System

Detected

MC7490 VIDAS

Detected

MC7521

VIDAS

Detected

MC7729 Rapid test (Various)

Detected

MC7729 VIDAS

Detected

MC7729 MKTT/RV + XLD + BGA 37

Detected

MC7732

Enrichment/culture

Detected

MC7756 Other

Detected

MC7757

Other

Detected

7

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