External quality assessment schemes in bacteriology support public health in Germany—results from 2006 to 2023 [PDF]
Frontiers in Molecular BiosciencesExternal Quality Assessment schemes (EQAS) are mandatory to ensure quality standards in diagnostic methods and achieve laboratory accreditation. As host institution for two German culture-based bacteriology EQAS (RV-A and RV-B), we investigated the ...
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Data connectivity: A critical tool for external quality assessment [PDF]
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016 Point-of-care (POC) tests have been useful in increasing access to testing and treatment monitoring for HIV. Decentralising testing from laboratories to hundreds of sites around a country presents tremendous challenges in training and quality assurance.
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External quality assessment. [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1992 Craig G. Simpson
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External Quality Assessment for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2005 ABSTRACT The use of molecular methods for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis is increasing in clinical laboratories. External quality assessment enables unbiased monitoring of the performance of laboratories in the detection of specific pathogens.
Victoria J. Chalker +6 more
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Longitudinal evaluation of external quality assessment results for CA 15-3, CA 19-9, and CA 125 [PDF]
Frontiers in Molecular BiosciencesBackgroundTumor markers are established laboratory tools that help to diagnose, estimate prognosis, and monitor the course of cancer. For meaningful decision-making in patient care, it is essential that methods and analytical platforms demonstrate high ...
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External Quality Assessment of Transporting Infectious Substances in Canada [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999 OBJECTIVE: To determine the degree of compliance with Transport Canada’s Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations for transporting infectious substances in Canada.
Shelley M Tiffin, Michael A Noble
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Fire Safety in High-Rise Buildings: Is the Stay-Put Tactic a Misjudgement or Magnificent Strategy?
Buildings, 2021 Historically, fire incidents in high-rise buildings reveal that Fire and Rescue Services frequently rely on the stay-put tactic (i.e., occupants of high-rise buildings should remain in their apartments) during an inferno.
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First Serbian external quality assessment to detect Trichinella larvae in meat by the Magnetic Stirrer Method [PDF]
Veterinarski Glasnik, 2019 Introduction. Inter-laboratory comparative testing must be conducted under the direction of the National Reference Laboratory for Trichinella in each Member State of the EU with the aim to ensure the quality of the approved digestion method and to ...
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An external quality assessment scheme in histopathology. [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1984 The details of an external quality assessment scheme in histopathology based on district general hospitals in south west England are described. The scheme is supplementary to internal audit carried out in individual departments.
A C Hunt, A J Sherwood
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The Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research, 2020 PD‐L1 inhibitors are part of first line treatment options for patients with advanced non‐small cell lung cancer. PD‐L1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) assays act as either a companion or a complementary diagnostic. The purpose of this study is to describe the
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