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Lab Proficiency Standards

Started by Mark Lobato on 09 Mar 2009
Last edited by Sophie Beauvais on 16 Mar 2010

Does anyone know of written recommendations for the minimal volume of specimens that a lab should have for smear, culture, ...

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As stated by the World Health Organization, “lack of diagnostic capacity is a crucial barrier preventing an effective response to the challenges of TB-HIV and drug-resistant TB, with less than 5% of the estimated burden of MDR-TB patients currently being detected.”

In this discussion, members exchange recommendations and key references that inform the minimal volume of specimens for lab smear, culture and drug susceptibility testing needed in order to maintain lab proficiency.
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