Role of secondary level laboratories in strengthening quality at primary level health facilities' laboratories: An innovative approach to ensure accurate HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria test results in resource-limited settings

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-59

  Manyazewal, Tsegahun ^a   Paterniti, Antonio D ^b   Redfield, Robert R ^b   Marinucci, Francesco ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

External quality assessment; HIV Rapid test; Interlaboratory comparison; Malaria microscopy; Resource limited setting; Single blinded specimens; TB microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HIV TEST; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STAINING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TISSUE SECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84870735845     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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