Laboratory Quality Resources
] External quality assessment for AFB smear microscopy. [Atlanta, GA etc.: Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) etc.
Framework for implementing new tuberculosis diagnostics. [Geneva]: World health organization (WHO), 2010.
Global tuberculosis control : epidemiology, strategy, financing : WHO report 2009. Geneva: World health organization (WHO), 2009.
Guidance for development of national laboratory strategic plans : helping to expand sustainable quality testing to improve the care and treatment of people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. Geneva [etc.]: World health organization (WHO) [etc.
International standards for tuberculosis care [(ISTC)] : diagnosis, treatment, public health, 2nd ednd ed. The Hague: Tuberculosis coalition for technical assistance (TBCTA), 2009.
, Laboratory services in tuberculosis control, vol. 98.258. Geneva: World health organization, 1998.
Laboratory-based evaluation of 19 commercially available rapid diagnostic tests for tuberculosis, vol. no. 2. Geneva: World health organization (WHO).
, Management of tuberculosis : a guide to the essentials of good practice, 6th edth ed. Paris: International union against tuberculosis and lung disease, 2010.
Manual of standard operating procedures (SOPs) : culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and drug susceptibility testing on solid medium. New Delhi: Ministry of health and family welfare. Directorate general of health services. Central TB division, 2009.
Mastering the basics of TB control : development of a handbook on TB diagnostic methods. Stockholm: European centre for disease prevention and control (ECDC), 2011.
