ArticleIranian journal of public health2013
Quality assurance program for molecular medicine laboratories.
Article in Iranian journal of public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comment on "Upgrading the Iranian National Laboratory Standard to Conform to ISO 15189:2012".Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB · 2021Article
- Current Situation of Molecular Diagnostic Assay in Iran: Is it Necessary to Revise of Health Surveillance System at Laboratory Level?Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB · 2021Article
- Barriers of molecular epidemiology in Iran:Action plan and necessary steps.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2019Article
- Secondary Use of Laboratory Data: Potentialities and Limitations.Iranian journal of pathology · 2019Review
- Blood culture ofJournal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2018Article
- Molecular Diagnostic Methods of Brucellosis: a Note on Pitfalls.Iranian journal of pathology · 2018Article
- Cervical Cancer and Genital Infections: Assessment of Performance and Validation in Human Papillomavirus Genotyping Assays in Iran, its Neighbouring Countries and Persian Gulf Area.Iranian journal of pathology · 2017Article
- Application of Quality Assurance Strategies in Diagnostics and Clinical Support Services in Iranian Hospitals.International journal of health policy and management · 2015Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundMolecular diagnostic methods have played and continuing to have a critical role in clinical laboratories in recent years. Therefore, standardization is an evolutionary process that needs to be upgrade with increasing scientific knowledge, improvement of the instruments and techniques. The aim of this study was to design a quality assurance program in order to have similar conditions for all medical laboratories engaging with molecular tests.
methodsWe had to design a plan for all four elements; required space conditions, equipments, training, and basic guidelines. Necessary guidelines was prepared and confirmed by the launched specific committee at the Health Reference Laboratory.
resultsSeveral workshops were also held for medical laboratories directors and staffs, quality control manager of molecular companies, directors and nominees from universities. Accreditation of equipments and molecular material was followed parallel with rest of program. Now we are going to accredit medical laboratories and to evaluate the success of the program.
conclusionAccreditation of medical laboratory will be succeeding if its basic elements are provided in advance. Professional practice guidelines, holding training and performing accreditation the molecular materials and equipments ensured us that laboratories are aware of best practices, proper interpretation, limitations of techniques, and technical issues. Now, active external auditing can improve the applied laboratory conditions toward the defined standard level.
Indexed as
Identifiers
23865028PMC3712598W2156822785What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.