title: Follow-Up of External Quality Controls for PCR-Based Diagnosis of Whooping Cough in a Hospital Laboratory Network (Renacoq) and in Other Hospital and Private Laboratories in France.
abstract: The French National Reference Centre (NRC) for Whooping Cough carried out an external quality control (QC) analysis in 2010 for the PCR diagnosis of whooping cough. The main objective of the study was to assess the impact of this QC in the participating laboratories through a repeat analysis in 2012.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence de la Coqueluche et autres Bordetelloses, Paris, FranceVirginia Commonwealth University Medical Center sophie.guillot@pasteur.fr.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guillot
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence de la Coqueluche et autres Bordetelloses, Paris, FranceVirginia Commonwealth University Medical Center.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guiso
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D059021:Laboratory Proficiency Testing; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000175:diagnosis*