According to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (Article 101), the National Reference Laboratories shall, where appropriate, organise inter-laboratory comparative testing or Proficiency Tests between official laboratories. That is why the inter-EURL Biorisks Working Group on NGS organised a webinar on 29 September dedicated to "Proficiency Tests on Next Generation Sequencing: approaches in use at the European Union Reference Laboratories".

This event, organised by the Inter EURLs WG on NGS, aimed at presenting the approaches used by EURLs:

• AMR,
• Campylobacter,
• Listeria monocytogenes,
• Salmonella and
• VTEC

for Proficiency Tests on NGS, to share experiences learnt and serve as guidelines for the organisation of Proficiency Tests on NGS at the Member State level.

• Presentations are now available on the website of EURL E. coli -> Here