To study the detection capability of bacterial identification items of the clinical microbiology external quality assessment (EQA) in Shanxi medical institutions for the past 9 years.

The EQA feedback results of bacterial identification in Shanxi Province from 2009 to 2017 were collected, and the accuracy rate of bacterial identification was statistically analyzed.

The laboratories that participated in the external quality assessment of clinical microbiology in Shanxi Province were mainly secondary public medical institutions, accounting for 74.5%. Over the past 9 years, 90 samples have been issued, including 33 genera and 54 species. A total of 1530 copies were returned by Internet. The qualified rate of quality evaluation was 83.8% in 2012, 95.7% in 2015, and the cumulative rate was 91.0% in the past 9 years. The accuracy rate of quality evaluation samples ranged from 33.1% to 100.0%.

By participating in the EQA, the quality management of the clinical microbiology laboratories can be strengthened to find out existing problems and deficiencies and promote the detection capability.