Methods Employed in Monitoring and Evaluating Field and Laboratory Systems in the ANISA Study: Ensuring Quality

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2016, Pages S39-S44

  Connor, Nicholas E ^a,b   Islam, Mohammad Shahidul ^b   Arvay, Melissa L ^c   Baqui, Abdullah H ^d   Zaidi, Anita K ^e   Soofi, Sajid B ^e   Panigrahi, Pinaki ^f   Bose, Anuradha ^g   Islam, Maksuda ^b   Arifeen, Shams El ^a   Saha, Samir K ^b   Qazi, Shamim A ^h  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Child Health Research Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ANISA; monitoring and evaluation; multi site; neonatal; project design; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN INFECTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; VALIDITY; BANGLADESH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; NEONATAL SEPSIS; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PILOT STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STANDARDS;

BANGLADESH; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SEPSIS; PAKISTAN; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84965137327     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001105     Document Type: Article

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