Best Practice No 175: Guidelines for virological and non-viral serological examination of specimens in routine diagnostic microbiological laboratories
| Autor: | M M Ogilvie, S Sutherland, S P Barrett, J Francis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiological Techniques
medicine.medical_specialty Quality Assurance Health Care Isolation (health care) Best practice Reviews Specimen Handling Pathology and Forensic Medicine Serology Medical microbiology Virology Humans Medicine Serologic Tests Medical physics Viral antigens Accreditation Clinical pathology business.industry General Medicine Benchmarking Virus Diseases Practice Guidelines as Topic Immunology Viral disease business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Pathology. 57:1-5 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9746 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jcp.57.1.1 |
| Popis: | Viral examination is routinely carried out in most routine diagnostic microbiology laboratories. Most often, this comprises the detection of viral antigens and antibodies, and less commonly the isolation of viruses and the detection of viral nucleic acids. However, there are no standards or guidelines available for processing these specimens in routine diagnostic laboratories or for referral to specialist virology centres or units. Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA) has defined standards for assessing the quality of service provided by laboratories, but these do not include the scientific and technical aspects of provision of service. The Association of Medical Microbiologists has recently published Standards for Laboratory practice in medical microbiology, which covers scientific and technical aspects of provision of microbiology service, mainly bacteriological examination of specimens in routine diagnostic microbiology laboratories. These guidelines are complementary to the CPA guidelines and aim to ensure a consistent and high quality service. This article presents guidelines for the examination of specimens for the diagnosis of viral infections. |
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