Cost of running a full-service receiving office at a centralised testing laboratory in South Africa [0.03%]
南非中央实验室全面服务接收处的运行成本
Naseem Cassim,Neeshan Ramdin,Sadhaseevan Moodly et al.
Naseem Cassim et al.
Background: The National Health Laboratory Service operates a platform of 226 laboratories across South Africa, ranging from highly sophisticated central academic hospitals to distant rural hospitals. The core function of...
Evaluation of fixed-panel, multicolour ClearLLab 10C at an academic flow cytometry laboratory in Johannesburg, South Africa [0.03%]
固定Panel多色ClearLLab 10C在南非约翰内斯堡学术流动实验室的评估研究
Deborah K Glencross,Leanne Swart,Melanie Pretorius et al.
Deborah K Glencross et al.
Background: Flow cytometric immunophenotyping is well established for the diagnosis of haematological neoplasms. New commercially available systems offer fixed, pre-aliquoted multi-parameter analysis to simplify sample pr...
Appropriate disposal of waste in the laboratory: Neglected but not forgotten [0.03%]
实验室废物的适当处置：被忽视但未忘记的问题
Christoffel J Opperman,Sarishna Singh,Francois Barton
Christoffel J Opperman
The application of sigma metrics in the laboratory to assess quality control processes in South Africa [0.03%]
西格玛绩效在南非实验室质量控制过程评估中的应用研究
Marli van Heerden,Jaya A George,Siyabonga Khoza
Marli van Heerden
Background: Laboratories use quality control processes to monitor and evaluate analytical performance in terms of precision and bias. Sigma metrics provide an objective assessment of laboratory quality using the total all...
Delays in HIV-1 infant polymerase chain reaction testing may leave children without confirmed diagnoses in the Western Cape province, South Africa [0.03%]
在南非西开普省艾滋病毒婴儿多聚酶链式反应检测延迟可能使儿童无法获得确认性诊断
Kamela L Mahlakwane,Wolfgang Preiser,Nokwazi Nkosi et al.
Kamela L Mahlakwane et al.
Background: Early diagnosis and confirmation of HIV infection in newborns is crucial for expedited initiation of antiretroviral therapy. Confirmatory testing must be done for all children with a reactive HIV PCR result. T...
Newly implemented community CD4 service in Tshwaragano, Northern Cape province, South Africa, positively impacts result turn-around time [0.03%]
南非北开普省Tshwaragano的新实施的社区CD4服务对结果周转时间产生积极影响
Lindi-Marie Coetzee,Naseem Cassim,Deborah K Glencross
Lindi-Marie Coetzee
Background: The Northern Cape is South Africa's largest province with an HIV prevalence of 7.1% versus a 13.5% national prevalence. CD4 testing is provided at three of five National Health Laboratory Service district labo...
Implementation of a customised antimicrobial resistance laboratory scorecard in Cameroon, Ethiopia and Kenya [0.03%]
在喀麦隆、埃塞俄比亚和肯尼亚实施定制的抗菌药物耐药性实验室评分表
André Trollip,Renuka Gadde,Tjeerd Datema et al.
André Trollip et al.
Background: In low-resource settings, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is detected by traditional culture-based methods and ensuring the quality of such services is a challenge. The AMR Scorecard provides laboratories with ...
The Togo national proficiency test pilot programme for basic clinical chemistry tests [0.03%]
多哥国家级基层临床化学检验上岗考试试点项目
Kafui C Kouassi,Améyo M Dorkenoo,Komivi Gbada et al.
Kafui C Kouassi et al.
Background: A national proficiency test (PT) programme is not currently implemented in most low-income countries. However, participation in such PT programmes assists improves test performance and result accuracy. ...
The time to address diagnostic needs in universal health coverage is now: Leveraging the scale up of national testing capacity for HIV viral load and SARS-CoV-2 [0.03%]
解决全民健康覆盖中的诊断需求问题刻不容缓：利用国家艾滋病毒载量和SARS-CoV-2检测能力的提升来应对当前形势
Francesco Marinucci,Jens Dhein
Francesco Marinucci
Childhood aplastic anaemia with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria clones: A retrospective single-centre study in South Africa [0.03%]
南非单中心儿童再生障碍性贫血伴阵发性夜间血红蛋白尿克隆的回顾性研究
Candice L Hendricks,Ashen Naidoo,Rajendra Thejpal et al.
Candice L Hendricks et al.
Background: Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) clones in children are rare but commonly associated with aplastic anaemia (AA) and myelodysplasia. ...