High quality of SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnostics in a diverse laboratory landscape through supported benchmark testing and External Quality Assessment
Abstract A two-step strategy combining assisted benchmark testing (entry controls) and External Quality Assessments (EQAs) with blinded simulated clinical specimens to enhance and maintain the quality of nucleic acid amplification testing was developed. This strategy was successfully applied to 71 d...
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John Sluimer [verfasserIn] Willem M. R. van den Akker [verfasserIn] Gabriel Goderski [verfasserIn] Arno Swart [verfasserIn] Bas van der Veer [verfasserIn] Jeroen Cremer [verfasserIn] Ngoc Hoa Chung [verfasserIn] Richard Molenkamp [verfasserIn] Jolanda Voermans [verfasserIn] Judith Guldemeester [verfasserIn] Working Group SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostics The Netherlands [verfasserIn] Dirk Eggink [verfasserIn] Lance D. Presser [verfasserIn] Adam Meijer [verfasserIn] |
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