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Lot Quality Assurance Sampling of Sputum Acid-Fast Bacillus Smears for Assessing Sputum Smear Microscopy Centers

Published:2005-02 Issue:2 Volume:43 Page:913-915
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Selvakumar N.¹,Murthy B. N.²,Prabhakaran E.¹,Sivagamasundari S.¹,Vasanthan Samuel¹,Perumal M.³,Govindaraju R.⁴,Chauhan L. S.⁵,Wares Fraser⁶,Santha T.¹,Narayanan P. R.¹

Affiliation:

1. Tuberculosis Research Centre

2. National Institute of Epidemiology, Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai

3. State TB Office, Tamil Nadu

4. District Tuberculosis Centre, Tiruvallur

5. Central TB Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

6. Stop TB Unit, World Health Organization, SEARO, New Delhi, India

Abstract

ABSTRACT 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.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.43.2.913-915.2005

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