Quality assurance practices in tuberculosis diagnostic health facilities in Ethiopia.
Yeshiwork AbebawAbebaw KebedeKirubel EshetuEphrem TesfayeMengistu TadesseWaganeh SinshawMisiker AmareDinka Fikadu GamtesaBetselot ZerihunMelak GetuGetachew SeidAnteneh YalewGetu DiribaPublished in: PloS one (2022)
This assessment reveals that IQC for AFB microscopy, lot-to-lot verification, method validation, and equipment calibration were not well-practiced. The majority of TB diagnostic health facility laboratories had EQA-PT participation practice, but a significant gap in PT-sample transportation and missing feedback was identified.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- public health
- primary care
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- mental health
- health information
- single molecule
- physical activity
- high resolution
- health promotion
- optical coherence tomography
- high speed
- high throughput
- emergency department
- hiv aids
- human health
- risk assessment
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- human immunodeficiency virus
- quality improvement
- climate change
- low cost
- adverse drug
- electronic health record