| performance on a multipathogen external quality assessment (eqa) panel by different mono- and multiplex nucleic acid amplification tests. | an external quality assessment (eqa) panel consisting of a total of 48 samples in broncho alveolar lavage (bal) or transport medium was prepared in collaboration with quality control for molecular diagnostics (qcmd) (www.qcmd.org). the panel was used to assess the proficiency of the 3 laboratories that would be responsible to examine the 6000 samples to be collected in the grace network of excellence (www.grace-lrti.org). the main objective was to decide on the best performing testing approach f ... | 2011 | 22170925 |