Re-testing as a method of implementing external quality assessment program for COVID-19 real time PCR testing in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Significant milestones have been made in the development of COVID19 diagnostics Technologies. Government of the republic of Uganda and the line Ministry of Health mandated Uganda Virus Research Institute to ensure quality of COVID19 diagnostics. Re-testing was one of the methods initiated by the UVRI to implement External Quality assessment of COVID19 molecular diagnostics.

Method

participating laboratories were required by UVRI to submit their already tested and archived nasopharyngeal samples and corresponding meta data. These were then re-tested at UVRI using the WHO Berlin protocol, the UVRI results were compared to those of the primary testing laboratories in order to ascertain performance agreement for the qualitative & quantitative results obtained. Ms Exce

SUBMITTER: Okek EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807774 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature