STLS: Ensuring Quality TB lab services at TDCs

Target Audience

• STLS

• STLS: General concepts in quality assurance

  • Good Laboratory Practices
  • Storing slides at a DMC for QA
  • False Positivity and False Negativity in Microscopy
  • Need for Quality Testing and Control
  • Measures for Quality Assurance in Microscopy
  • Quality assurance of Stains and Internal Quality Control

• STLS: External quality assurance

  • Panel Testing
  • Onsite Evaluation [OSE]
  • OSE Feedback and action required
  • Random Blinded ReChecking [RBRC] Concept
  • Random Blinded ReChecking [RBRC] Process
  • Random Blinded ReChecking [RBRC] Process at DTC
  • Random Blinded ReChecking [RBRC] Interpreting Feedback
  • External Quality Assurance for CBNAAT
  • External Quality Assurance of TrueNAT