Good clinical laboratory practices improved proficiency testing performance at clinical trials centers in ghana and burkina faso

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ibrahim, Faisal ^a   Dosoo, David ^b   Kronmann, Karl C ^a   Ouedraogo, Issa ^c   Anyorigiya, Thomas ^d   Abdul, Haruna ^e   Sodiomon, Sirima ^c   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^b   Koram, Kwadwo ^e  

^a United States Naval Medical Research Unit 3 Ghana Detachment   (Ghana)

^b Kintampo Health Research Center   (Ghana)

^c Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

^d NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^e University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GHANA; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; PARASITES; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84863114186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039098     Document Type: Review

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