The use of Fionet technology for external quality control of malaria rapid diagnostic tests and monitoring health workers' performance in rural military health facilities in Tanzania.
<h4>Introduction</h4>Internal and external quality control (QC) of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) is important to increase reliability of RDTs currently used to diagnose malaria. However, cross-checking of used RDTs as part of quality assurance can rarely be done by off-site personnel bec...
Main Authors: | Akili K Kalinga, Deus S Ishengoma, Reginald Kavishe, Lucky Temu, Christopher Mswanya, Charles Mwanziva, Erick J Mgina, Sarah Chiduo, Lucas Mahikwano, Saidi Mgata, Lalaine Anova, George Amoo, Eyako Wurapa, Brian Vesely, Edwin Kamau, Mark Hickman, Norman Waters, Mara Kreishman-Deitrick, Robert Paris, Colin Ohrt |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208583 |
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