PMID- 15695704
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050620
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 0095-1137 (Print)
IS  - 1098-660X (Electronic)
IS  - 0095-1137 (Linking)
VI  - 43
IP  - 2
DP  - 2005 Feb
TI  - Lot quality assurance sampling of sputum acid-fast bacillus smears for assessing 
      sputum smear microscopy centers.
PG  - 913-5
AB  - Assessment of 12 microscopy centers in a tuberculosis unit by blinded checking of 
      eight sputum smears selected by using a lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) 
      method and by unblinded checking of all positive and five negative slides, among 
      the slides examined in a month in a microscopy centre, revealed that the LQAS 
      method can be implemented in the field to monitor the performance of acid-fast 
      bacillus microscopy centers in national tuberculosis control programs.
FAU - Selvakumar, N
AU  - Selvakumar N
AD  - Tuberculosis Research Center (Indian Council of Medical Research), Mayor V. R. 
      Ramanathan Rd., Chetput, Chennai 600 031, India. selvakumarn@hotmail.com
FAU - Murthy, B N
AU  - Murthy BN
FAU - Prabhakaran, E
AU  - Prabhakaran E
FAU - Sivagamasundari, S
AU  - Sivagamasundari S
FAU - Vasanthan, Samuel
AU  - Vasanthan S
FAU - Perumal, M
AU  - Perumal M
FAU - Govindaraju, R
AU  - Govindaraju R
FAU - Chauhan, L S
AU  - Chauhan LS
FAU - Wares, Fraser
AU  - Wares F
FAU - Santha, T
AU  - Santha T
FAU - Narayanan, P R
AU  - Narayanan PR
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Clin Microbiol
JT  - Journal of clinical microbiology
JID - 7505564
SB  - IM
MH  - Bacteriological Techniques
MH  - Humans
MH  - Laboratories/standards
MH  - Microscopy/*standards
MH  - Quality Assurance, Health Care/*methods/organization & administration
MH  - Quality Control
MH  - Sampling Studies
MH  - Specimen Handling/methods/*standards
MH  - Sputum/*microbiology
MH  - Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/*diagnosis/microbiology
PMC - PMC548059
EDAT- 2005/02/08 09:00
MHDA- 2005/06/21 09:00
PMCR- 2005/02/01
CRDT- 2005/02/08 09:00
PHST- 2005/02/08 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/06/21 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/02/08 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2005/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 43/2/913 [pii]
AID - 1045-04 [pii]
AID - 10.1128/JCM.43.2.913-915.2005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Feb;43(2):913-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.913-915.2005.