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External quality assessment schemes in bacteriology support public health in Germany—results from 2006 to 2023 [PDF]

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
External 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 ...
Marc Lindenberg, Sabine Waldmann, Sebastian Suerbaum, Sebastian Suerbaum, Sebastian Suerbaum, Dirk Schlüter, Dirk Schlüter, Dirk Schlüter, Stefan Ziesing, Stefan Ziesing   +9 more
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Development of a novel pseudovirus-based quality control material for HIV-1 nucleic acid testing and its application in external quality assessment [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum
With the widespread application of HIV-1 nucleic acid testing (NAT) in China, particularly in the diagnosis of HIV-1 infection, ensuring the accuracy of NAT results through quality control has become critically important.
Di Han, Xin Zhang, Mingzhu Niu, Pinliang Pan, Wenge Xing, JingDong Song, Cong Jin   +6 more
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Performance of Mali's biosafety level 3 laboratory in the external quality assessment in preparedness of laboratory accreditation and support to clinical trials

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2020
Background: The external quality assessment (EQA) or external quality control is an evaluation conducted by a certified external organization to inquire about the quality of the results provided by a laboratory.
N Coulibaly, B Kone, M Sanogo, A C G Togo, B Diarra, Y S Sarro, A B Cisse, O Kodio, G Coulibaly, M Kone, B Baya, M Maiga, D Dabitao, M Belson, S Dao, S Diallo, M Diakite, A H Babana, S Doumbia   +18 more
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External quality assessment of malaria microscopy diagnosis in selected health facilities in Western Oromia, Ethiopia [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background Accurate early diagnosis and prompt treatment are one of the key strategies to control and prevent malaria disease. External quality assessment is the most effective method for evaluation of the quality of malaria microscopy diagnosis. The aim
Getachew Sori, Olifan Zewdie, Geletta Tadele, Abdi Samuel   +3 more
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Excellent capability for molecular detection of Aedes-borne dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses but with a need for increased capacity for yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis viruses: an external quality assessment in 36 European laboratories [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Mosquito-borne viruses represent a large global health burden. With geographic expansion of competent vectors for chikungunya virus (CHIKV), dengue virus (DENV), and Zika virus (ZIKV) in Europe, it is anticipated that the number of autochthonous cases of
Lance D. Presser, Cécile Baronti, Ramona Moegling, Laura Pezzi, Yaniv Lustig, Céline M. Gossner, Chantal B. E. M. Reusken, Rémi N. Charrel   +7 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 Biosciences
BackgroundTumor 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 ...
Marcel Kremser, Nathalie Weiss, Anne Kaufmann-Stoeck, Laura Vierbaum, Arthur Schmitz, Ingo Schellenberg, Ingo Schellenberg, Stefan Holdenrieder, Stefan Holdenrieder   +8 more
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Detection of soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma spp. by nucleic acid amplification test: Results of the first 5 years of the only international external quality assessment scheme. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Schutte AHJ, Koelewijn R, Ajjampur SSR, Levecke B, McCarthy JS, Mejia R, Williams SA, Verweij JJ, van Lieshout L, van Hellemond JJ.   +9 more
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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.
Andrew Oyen Arewa, Abdullahi Ahmed, David J. Edwards, Chizaram Nwankwo   +3 more
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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 ...
Vasilev Saša, Ilić Nataša, Sofronić-Milosavljević Ljiljana   +2 more
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External quality assessment demonstrates that PD‐L1 22C3 and SP263 assays are systematically different

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
Andrew Dodson, Suzanne Parry, Birgit Lissenberg‐Witte, Alex Haragan, David Allen, Anthony O'Grady, Emma McClean, Jamie Hughes, Keith Miller, Erik Thunnissen   +9 more
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