External quality assessment of flow cytometric bronchoalveolar lavage cellular analysis: 20 years' experience in The Netherlands.
A H Leontine MulderHarrie H M EidhofJan W GratamaPublished in: Cytometry. Part B, Clinical cytometry (2022)
A dedicated EQA for BAL fluid cellular analysis appears to be justified as the test material is substantially different from that of peripheral blood. We show that adequate analytical and post-analytical quality control can be achieved.
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