Significant milestones have been made in the development of COVID-19 diagnostic technologies. The government of the Republic of Uganda and the Ministry of Health mandated the Uganda Virus Research Institute to ensure the quality of COVID-19 diagnostics. Re-testing was one of the methods initiated by the UVRI to implement external quality assessment of COVID-19 molecular diagnostics. The details can be accessed in the paper below:
Re-testing as a method of implementing external quality assessment program for COVID-19 real time PCR testing in Uganda
Okek EJ, Masembe FJ, Kiconco J, Kayiwa J, Amwine E, et al. (2024) Re-testing as a method of implementing an external quality assessment program for COVID-19 real-time PCR testing in Uganda. PLOS ONE 19(1): e0287272. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287272