External quality control processes for infectious disease testing

Wayne Dimech; Guiseppe Vincini; Belinda McEwan

doi:10.1071/MA24013

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External quality control processes for infectious disease testing

Wayne Dimech

^A , Guiseppe Vincini

^A and Belinda McEwan

^B

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^A National Serology Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Vic., Australia. Email: wayne@nrlquality.org.au, joe@nrlquality.org.au

^B Royal Hobart Hospital, Pathology, Hobart, Tas., Australia. Email: belinda.mcewan@ths.tas.gov.au

Microbiology Australia 45(1) 41-43 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA24013

Published: 4 March 2024

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