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9252742

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
In The Netherlands an external quality control study of immunocytochemical (IC) staining of effusions was initiated, consisting of three test rounds. The 12 participating laboratories received samples of malignant effusions (runs 1, 2 and 3), and five unstained control specimens prepared from the same material in runs 2 and 3. The laboratories used their own protocols to prepare and stain the samples ('in-house' specimens). Two persons viewed and scored the slides following preset criteria concerning number and morphology of diagnostic cells, background staining and staining specificity. Better scoring results were found for control specimens, compared with 'in-house' specimens, primarily caused by cell loss in the latter. This finding underlines the view that high quality IC needs well organized processing and staining procedures, and warrants external quality control systems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0956-5507
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
248-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunocytochemical staining of effusions; an external quality control study in The Netherlands.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, dr Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article