An implementation for use of Dried Tube Specimens as Internal Quality Control Samples at HIV Testing Laboratories

บุษราวรรณ ศรีวรรธนะ; Busarawan Sriwanthana;
Date: 2558-03
Abstract
It has been well-recognized that quality control (QC) samples are essential for routine testing results, particularly HIV serology testing conducted by a rapid test. This study was to establish Dried Tube Specimens (DTS) for implementing as QC samples at laboratory networks of RMSC 1/1 Chaing Rai and RMSC 3 Nakhonsawan. DTS were delivered to 48 community hospital laboratories and were tested 1 time a week for 4 months. It was found that 1302 of 1350 (96.44%) tests and 48 of 1350 (3.55%) tests were reported positive and negative, respectively. Our study suggested that it is possible to use DTS as QC samples for HIV rapid testing. HIV misclassification might possibly be due to testing procedure, reading test results or competency of technicians. Owing to its ease of preparation and storage, DTS are alternative tools for community hospital laboratories to use as quality control materials as a requirement for routine testing in compliance with medical laboratory standards.
Copyright ผลงานวิชาการเหล่านี้เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของสถาบันวิจัยระบบสาธารณสุข หากมีการนำไปใช้อ้างอิง โปรดอ้างถึงสถาบันวิจัยระบบสาธารณสุข ในฐานะเจ้าของลิขสิทธิ์ตามพระราชบัญญัติสงวนลิขสิทธิ์สำหรับการนำงานวิจัยไปใช้ประโยชน์ในเชิงพาณิชย์
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