Tuberculosis laboratory diagnosis quality assurance among public health facilities in West Amhara Region, Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Shiferaw, Melashu Balew ^a   Hailu, Hiwot Amare ^a   Fola, Abebe Alemu ^b   Derebe, Mulatu Melese ^a   Kebede, Aimro Tadese ^a   Kebede, Abayneh Admas ^c   Emiru, Manamnot Agegne ^a   Gelaw, Zelalem Dessie ^a  

^a Bahir Dar Regional Health Research Laboratory Center   (Ethiopia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c Amhara Regional State Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHIOPIA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSCOPE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; STANDARDS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84945547514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138488     Document Type: Article

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