A reliable model to strengthen community-based water quality monitoring and surveillance via field test kits.

ABSTRACT: Field test kits are indispensable tools for strengthening community-based water quality monitoring and surveillance programs. However, the reliability of field test kits is important, as these kits are being used to test large number of water sources in developing countries due to insufficient laboratory resources. A field test kit validation protocol is essentially needed to strengthen the quality control mechanism during the kit production and procurement stages. The technical efficiency of a kit is the most important criterion for assessing its sensitivity and specificity to accurately detect the parameter of interest. The adequacy, safety and information to users are also very significant aspects to ensure effective and safe usage of kits. In the present study, arsenic field test kits

SUBMITTER: Kumar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11909138 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature