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Nationwide implementation and evaluation of an external quality assessment program for HPV screening in Peru

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
In the global effort to eliminate cervical cancer, high-quality Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing is essential, especially in Peru where vaccination coverage remains incomplete. To ensure consistent nationwide test performance, the Peruvian HPV National
Pamela Rios-Monteza, Lesly Solis-Ponce, Susan Espetia, Carina Eklund, Laila Sara Arroyo Mühr, Joakim Dillner, Andrea Matos, Maribel Acuña, George Obregon   +8 more
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Laboratory accreditation and participation in external quality assessment schemes: tools to improve the quality of genetic testing services

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2010
Background: Given the potential powerful health consequences of genetic test results, mechanisms should be in place to assure the quality of the tests and the interpretation of the data.
Sarah Berwouts, Michael A.Morris, Elisabeth Daqueker   +2 more
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Longitudinal evaluation of laboratory results and method precision in worldwide erythropoietin external quality assessments

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Introduction: This study presents a longitudinal analysis of external quality assessment (EQA) results for erythropoietin (EPO) determinations conducted between 2017 and 2022 with a continuously increasing number of participating laboratories. The aim of
Luisa Toll, Luisa Toll, Nathalie Weiss, Laura Vierbaum, Ingo Schellenberg, Ingo Schellenberg, Mario Thevis, Folker Wenzel, Folker Wenzel   +8 more
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Navigating Quality Assessment Hurdles in Clinical Laboratory Services: A Comprehensive Review in Resource-Limited Settings

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
Negesse Cherie,1 Teshiwal Deress,1 Dereje Mengesha Berta,2 Elias Chane,3 Bisrat Birke Teketelew,2 Kasaw Adane,1 Mesele Nigus1 1Department of Quality Assurance and Laboratory Management, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine ...
Cherie N, Deress T, Berta DM, Chane E, Teketelew BB, Adane K, Nigus M   +6 more
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Innovating Quality Control and External Quality Assurance for HIV-1 Recent Infection Testing: Empowering HIV Surveillance in Lao PDR

Viruses
Quality assurance programs are critical to ensuring the consistency and reliability of point-of-care surveillance test results. In 2022, we launched Laos’ inaugural quality control (QC) and external quality assessment (EQA) program for national HIV ...
Supaporn Suparak, Kanokwan Ngueanchanthong, Petai Unpol, Siriphailin Jomjunyoung, Wipawee Thanyacharern, Sirilada Pimpa Chisholm, Nitis Smanthong, Pojaporn Pinrod, Thitipong Yingyong, Phonepadith Xangsayarath, Sinakhone Xayadeth, Virasack Somoulay, Theerawit Tasaneeyapan, Somboon Nookhai, Archawin Rojanawiwat, Sanny Northbrook   +15 more
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Design of external quality assessment (EQA) schemes and definition of the roles of their providers in future epidemics

, 2022
Buchta C, Zeichhardt H, Aberle Sw, Camp JV, Görzer I, Weseslindtner L, Puchhammer-Stöckl E, Huf W, Benka B, Allerberger F, Mielke M, Griesmacher A, Müller MM, Schellenberg I, Kammel M.   +14 more
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Insights from the WHO Tricycle-aligned Fleming Fund EQASIA External Quality Assessment (EQA) programme detecting ESBL-, AmpC- and carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli in South and South-East Asia. [PDF]

J Antimicrob Chemother
Al-Mir H, Jeyakumar PZ, Kostyanev T, Khan FA, Rasmussen LB, Emmad M, Abegaz FA, Teixeira Dos Santos P, Kwon SY, Prathan R, Luangtongkum T, Chanchaithong P, Santanirand P, Kamjumpho W, Mogeni OD, Guarnacci T, Holm M, Paveenkittiporn W, Poudyal N, Chuanchuen R, Hendriksen RS.   +20 more
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External quality assessment (EQA) program for the immunohistochemical detection of ER, PR and Ki-67 in breast cancer: results of an interlaboratory reproducibility ring study in China. [PDF]

BMC Cancer, 2019
Pu T, Shui R, Shi J, Liang Z, Yang W, Bu H, Li Q, Zhang Z, China Anticancer Association Professional Committee of Tumour Pathology.   +8 more
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Reply to Baylis et al., "External Quality Assessment (EQA) of Molecular Detection of Zika Virus: Value of the 1st World Health Organization International Standard". [PDF]

J Clin Microbiol, 2018
Reusken CB, Charrel R.
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Toward a National Tuberculosis Lateral-Flow Urine Lipoarabinomannan (LF-LAM) External Quality Assessment Program in Thailand: Feasibility Demonstration Through Panel Development, Validation, and Proficiency Testing, March 2025-April 2026. [PDF]

Diagnostics (Basel)
Suparak S, Tasaneeyapan T, Unpol P, Chisholm SP, Jomjunyoung S, Ngueanchanthong K, Thanyacharern W, Smanthong N, Klawech T, Thongthirach P, Thiemsing L, Kawidam C, Setthaudom C, Nookhai S, Lolekha R, Okada PA, Boonsuk S, Northbrook S.   +17 more
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