Laboratory Proficiency Testing
"Laboratory Proficiency Testing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Assessments aimed at determining agreement in diagnostic test results among laboratories. Identical survey samples are distributed to participating laboratories, with results stratified according to testing methodologies.
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D059021
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.897.608.500 N04.761.700.512
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Laboratory Proficiency Testing" by people in Profiles.
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An overview of the quality assurance programme for HIV rapid testing in South Africa: Outcome of a 2-year phased implementation of quality assurance program. PLoS One. 2019; 14(9):e0221906.
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Design and implementation of an external quality assessment program for HIV viral load measurements using dried blood spots. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Mar; 53(3):964-6.
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The Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) multi-site quality assurance program for cryopreserved human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. J Immunol Methods. 2014 Jul; 409:21-30.
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Multicenter feasibility study to assess external quality assessment panels for Xpert MTB/RIF assay in South Africa. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jul; 52(7):2493-9.