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Quality assurance programs for countries in need: a global view from the College of American Pathologists

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Providing laboratory external quality assessment (EQA) programs for countries in need requires special considerations not ordinarily part of EQA for laboratories in industrialized countries. Cultural, professional, service and economic factors must be understood and accommodated in order to carry out successful programs. Coordination of worldwide efforts for countries in need requires more resources and planning than have thus far been devoted to the enterprise.

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  1. Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD 57105 Physician’s Laboratory, Ltd., 1000 East 21st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA e-mail: pete.travers@mckennan.org, Tel.: +01–605–322 7200 Fax: +01–605–322 7150 or College of American Pathologists, 325 Waukeegan Road, Northfield, IL 60093, USA, US

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Travers, H. Quality assurance programs for countries in need: a global view from the College of American Pathologists. Accred Qual Assur 7, 364–366 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-002-0499-2

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