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The implementation of an external quality assurance method for point- of- care tests for HIV and syphilis in Tanzania

BACKGROUND: External quality assurance (EQA) programmes, which are routinely used in laboratories, have not been widely implemented for point-of- care tests (POCTs). A study was performed in ten health centres in Tanzania, to implement the use of dried blood spots (DBS) as an EQA method for HIV and...

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Autores principales:	Smit, Pieter W, Mabey, David, van der Vlis, Thomas, Korporaal, Hans, Mngara, Julius, Changalucha, John, Todd, Jim, Peeling, Rosanna W
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24206624 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-530

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