Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis]
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Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis] · Mar 2007
[Improvement of routine works and quality control in mycobacterial laboratory].
Many new methods have been introduced into routine laboratory works in microbiology since 1990. Molecular biology, in particular, opened a new era and promoted a technician's skill much. PCR and hybridization technique have been ordinary one in many laboratories. ⋯ The teaching of patients has improved the rate of P1 samples from 21.5% to 36.6% by Miller and Jones visual score of sputum. The teaching has also improved the rate of smear positive P1 samples from 11.4% to 28.8%. To teach each patient how to get good sputa seems useful for keeping the laboratory quality high.