Evaluation of a new quality assessment strategy for blinded rechecking of random sputum smears for TB in Delhi, India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 342-346

  Malik, Sonia ^a   Hanif, M ^a   Chopra, K K ^a   Aggarwal, N ^b   Vashist, R P ^b  

^a New Delhi Tuberculosis Center   (India)

^b Govt of Delhi   (India)

Author keywords

AFB microscopy; External quality assurance; RBRC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPUTUM; STANDARD;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 80051574702     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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