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The conventional programs for external quality assessment for health-care laboratories involve the distribution of representative samples of known but undisclosed content from a central laboratory/organization for their evaluation at several individual laboratories located elsewhere. The results obtained from individual participants are analyzed to categorize individual laboratory performance. Individual laboratories receive a full report including statistical data on their performance. Such participation is not likely to be common in several countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America since in rural and even urban areas, most laboratories lack trained personnel and sophisticated equipment to perform multi-step, complicated investigations. Their poor performance can be improved through the introduction of a program of centripetal external quality assessment as an introduction to internal quality control.

Palabras clave: Quality control; centrifugal approach; centripetal approach; rapid tests; rural areas; poor laboratory infrastructure.

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Vol. 6 Núm.10. Octubre 2012 Pags. 756 J Infect Developing Countries 2012; 6(10)