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Quality assurance of the serologic diagnosis of Chagas's disease

dc.contributor.authorCura, Estela Nes_ES
dc.contributor.authorSegura, Elsa Les_ES
dc.date.accessioned2015
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.issued1998es_ES
dc.identifier.citationCura, Estela N,Segura, Elsa L (1998) Quality assurance of the serologic diagnosis of Chagas's disease. Rev Panam Salud Publica;3(4) -,abr. 1998. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891998000400004&lng=pt&nrm=isoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891998000400004&lng=pt&nrm=isoes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/8981
dc.format.extentiluses_ES
dc.format.extenttabes_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRev Panam Salud Publica;3(4),abr. 1998es_ES
dc.subjectDoença de Chagaspt_BR
dc.subjectTestes Sorológicoses_ES
dc.subjectGarantia da Qualidade dos Cuidados de Saúdept_BR
dc.subjectLaboratóriospt_BR
dc.subjectArgentinaes_ES
dc.titleQuality assurance of the serologic diagnosis of Chagas's diseaseen_US
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.description.notesA quality assurance program of the Chagas's disease laboratory network of Argentina has been conducted by the National Reference Center since 1988, with the aim of assessing the reliability of serologic test results. Chagas's disease is endemic in Argentina, but the prevalence of seropositivity for Trypanosoma cruzi among 18- to 20-year-old men decreased from 5.8 por ciento in 1981 to 1.8 por ciento in 1994. About 600 laboratories form the Chagas's disease laboratory network, with main central laboratories in each of the 24 provinces in Argentina. The quality assurance program promotes regular use of good laboratory practice and internal and external quality control to improve performance of the participants; it also provides technical assistance and guidelines. Eventual corrective measures are discussed in workshops. Results of the first external evalutation by proficiency testing of serum panels and confirmation of results for 58 of the main laboratoires reveal that from 1988 to 1994 the rate of agreement has increaseden_US


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