Quality Control of Sputum Smears Examination by Re-Reading in a Tuberculosis Screening

Background: Sputum smear examination is the basis of diagnosis of tuberculosis and quality control for the correct diagno­sis of tuberculosis is necessary. This study was a method survey and performed with 930 smears with the aim to compare the confidence rate of sputum smear examination reported by...

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Main Authors: F Majlessi, A Sekhavati, K Qazi Saeedi, A Poorreza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2017