Calculation of the estimate glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by using the MDRD (Modification of Diet Renal Disease) equation is recently recommended for diagnosis of chronic kidney disease. National Kidney Disease Education Program summarizes these recommendations. The lack of comparability among different methods for creatinine measurement is main problem for effective implementation the MDRD formula into clinical laboratories. Significant and different bias in serum creatinine measurements was several times confirmed by large interlaboratory comparison studies. The largest bias values are typical for the crucial concentrations for eGFR calculation. It means for concentrations lower than 133 μmol/l. Recalibration of all routine methods of creatinine measurement by means of ID-MS reference method is proposed as solution for this problem Cooperation of clinical laboratories, EQA providers and IVD manufacturers is necessary. Reaching the precision ≤ 5% and total error (measurement uncertainty) ≤ 10% at creatinine concentration about 88 μmol/l is recommended as the aim of process. Organizers of EQA programs should be used time from time native, commutable control materials for trueness verification.

        Key words: eGFR, bias, recalibration, NKDEP, serum creatinine.