Lot quality assurance sampling of sputum acid-fast bacillus smears for assessing sputum smear microscopy centers.

نویسندگان

  • N Selvakumar
  • B N Murthy
  • E Prabhakaran
  • S Sivagamasundari
  • Samuel Vasanthan
  • M Perumal
  • R Govindaraju
  • L S Chauhan
  • Fraser Wares
  • T Santha
  • P R Narayanan
چکیده

Assessment of 12 microscopy centers in a tuberculosis unit by blinded checking of eight sputum smears selected by using a lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) method and by unblinded checking of all positive and five negative slides, among the slides examined in a month in a microscopy centre, revealed that the LQAS method can be implemented in the field to monitor the performance of acid-fast bacillus microscopy centers in national tuberculosis control programs.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 43 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005