Establishing quality assurance for COVID-19 antigen tests in the Indo Pacific Region: A multi-site implementation study
This QAP demonstrates the importance of operator training and the design of QAP materials, which may have contributed to the high rate of false-negative interpretations in known COVID-19 positive samples. The implementation of this project, to our knowledge the first of its kind in the region and one of only a few globally, emphasised the importance of quality assurance principles, including non-laboratory community testing sites, to promote diagnostic quality for COVID-19 testing.
Authors
- Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane
- Andrew Vallely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1558-4822)
- Marilyn Mary Ninan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1652-5445)
- Vonthanak Saphonn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5620-0517)
- Pamela J Toliman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2469-0694)
- Jessica Markby
- Liza Cabuang
- Jacqueline Prestedge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0099-9139)
- Glenn D. Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8141-0815)
- Kennarey Seang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8325-6084)
- Philip Cunningham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2613-6910)
- Chan Leakhena Phoeung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6538-3597)
- Deborah A Williamson
- Kirsten Ridley
- Boualay Norchaleun
Institutions
- FIND (CH)
- Ministry of Health (KH)
- University of Cambodia (KH)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (AU)
- Clinton Health Access Initiative (US)
- St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney (AU)
- Peter Doherty Institute (AU)
- National Democratic Institute (US)
- Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PG)
- Royal University of Phnom Penh (KH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Published
- 2024-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116677
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00