title: Quality assessment activities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
abstract: The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) supports performance evaluation programs in clinical chemistry, Caribbean. Much more work remains to be done before many labs in this part of the world can be certified as providing accurate results, but PAHO has taken an important first step toward establishing benchmarks and rallying for labs to improve test quality.
authors.affiliation: Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: W O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Schalla
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D017691:Caribbean Region; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D007843:Latin America; D010175:Pan American Health Organization; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011786:Quality Control; D012016:Reference Values; D014481:United States