The Italian External Quality Assessment Program for Cystic Fibrosis Sweat Chloride Test: Does Active Participation Improve the Quality?

The Italian External Quality Assessment Program for Cystic Fibrosis Sweat Chloride Test: Does Active Participation Improve the Quality?

(1) Background: Diagnostic testing for cystic fibrosis (CF) is based on a sweat chloride test (SCT) considering the appropriate signs and symptoms of the disease and results of a gene mutation analysis. In 2014, the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) established a pilot Italian external quality asse...

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Main Authors: Marco Salvatore, Annalisa Amato, Giovanna Floridia, Federica Censi, Gianluca Ferrari, Fabrizio Tosto, Rita Padoan, Valeria Raia, Natalia Cirilli, Giuseppe Castaldo, Ettore Capoluongo, Ubaldo Caruso, Carlo Corbetta, Domenica Taruscio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
cystic fibrosis
external quality assessment
quality
sweat test
diagnosis
choloride
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/9/3196

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