Survey of External Quality Assessment Scheme for Blood Bank Laboratories in Taiwan
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Chuan-Liang Kao , Yang-Yang Huang , Whay-Sue Lin, Lei-Fa Chang 4* and Dong-Tsamn Lin 5 Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cathay General Hospital Division of Proficiency Test, Taiwan Society of Laboratory Medicine Department of Medical Technology, Yuan-Pei University Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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