QASI, an international quality management system for CD4 T-cell enumeration focused to make a global difference

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-48

  Bergeron, Michèle ^a   Ding, Tao ^a   Houle, Guy ^a   Arès, Linda ^a   Chabot, Christian ^a   Soucy, Nadia ^a   Seely, Peggy ^a   Sherring, Alice ^a   Bogdanovic, Dragica ^a   Faucher, Sylvie ^a   Summers, Randy ^b   Somorjai, Ray ^b   Sandstrom, Paul ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interlaboratory variation; National quality intelligence; Quality assessment program; Quality assessment schemes; Quality awareness; Quality management system

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANADA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 74849104275     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20487     Document Type: Article

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