Quality of medical devices and in vitro diagnostics in resource-limited settings

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1439-1449

  Mori, Marcella ^a,c   Ravinetto, Raffaella ^a   Jacobs, Jan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Invitro diagnostics; Medical devices; Poor countries; Quality problems; Regulatory surveillance

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; FIELD SURVEY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; LABORATORY METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE USE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEVICE SAFETY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSERVATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80053645201     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02852.x     Document Type: Article

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