Title: Role of secondary level laboratories in strengthening quality at primary level health facilities' laboratories : an innovative approach to ensure accurate HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria test results in resource-limited settings

Authors: Manyazewal, T.

Place: Oxford [etc.]

Publisher: Elsevier

Year: 2013

Journal: Diagnostic microbiology & infectious disease

Volume: vol. 75, no. 1

PAGE: 55--59

Subject: Laboratory Quality Strengthening

Keywords: malaria, tuberculosis, aids, health services, medical research, quality control, ethiopia

Abstract: Study was aimed to assess diagnostic performances of primary level laboratories. Results proved that secondary laboratories could play a vital role in assuring laboratory qualities at health centres, without depending on remotely located national and regional laboratories for this support.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732889312003987

Document type: Portal