Today’s Clinical Microbiology laboratory is under tremendous pressure to perform quality testing efficiently while limiting additional cost to the medical institution. Many laboratories are being ...
Proficiency testing (PT) is a means of external quality assessment that is one of the main facets of the Chemiluminescence Immunoassay(CLIA) quality system for non-waived testing. It is a valuable ...
Daniel McDonald and Jack Gilbert (both University of California, San Diego; CA, USA) discuss the challenges faced during fecal sample collection and highlight important factors to consider when ...