External quality assessment in the examination of blood films for malarial parasites within Ontario, Canada

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-60

  Thomson, Sam ^a   Lohmann, Reinhard C ^b   Crawford, Linda ^c   Dubash, Ruby ^c   Richardson, Harold ^c  

^a MDS Laboratory Services   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Lab Proficiency Testing Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDUCATION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; LABORATORY TEST; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; WORKSHOP;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0033966326     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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