The World Health Organization African region external quality assessment scheme for anti-HIV serology

• Main Authors: Fatim Cham (Author), Mahlatse Maleka (Author), Martin Masango (Author), Emma Goetsch (Author), El H. Belabbes (Author), Beverley Singh (Author), Guy M. Gershy-Damet (Author), Adrian Puren (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A regional external quality assessment scheme (REQAS) for anti-HIV serology aimed to objectively assess reliability and quality of HIV testing processes in the African region. This involved the distribution of proficiency testing (PT) panels to participating laboratories from 2002 to 2010. During th...