External Quality Assessment for Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Drug Resistance in the European Union: A Five Year Multicentre Implementation Study.

External Quality Assessment for Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Drug Resistance in the European Union: A Five Year Multicentre Implementation Study.

BACKGROUND:External quality assurance (EQA) systems are essential to ensure accurate diagnosis of TB and drug-resistant TB. The implementation of EQA through organising regular EQA rounds and identification of training needs is one of the key activities of the European TB reference laboratory networ...

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Main Authors: Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Doris Hillemann, Elvira Richter, Nada Ahmed, Marieke J van der Werf, Csaba Kodmon, Francis Drobniewski, Sabine Ruesch-Gerdes, ERLTB-Net Network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4824391?pdf=render

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