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| Discontinued Program
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The HIV viral load performance evaluation program was discontinued
in March 2006.
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| MPEP'S Global Mission
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To continuously improve the public's health through ongoing
improvement of laboratory testing and practices focusing on tests of high
public health impact. Be a resource for encouraging accurate and responsive
laboratory practices throughout the world.
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| Goals
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Provide ongoing assessment and monitoring of
laboratories that provide HIV-related and Mycobacterium tuberculosis-related
testing
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Develop strategies for identifying testing quality
failures and practices that contribute to better test performance
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Provide monitoring of new technology
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Provide national data base of laboratory
characteristics and testing practices
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Evaluate analytic accuracy in performance of
laboratory tests
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Document laboratory practices in relation to published
guidelines
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Ensure public confidence in the reliability of test
results and the safety of the nation's blood supply
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| Objectives
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develop methods for evaluating quality in laboratory
testing systems |
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develop strategies for identifying and correcting
testing quality failures |
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evaluate the effect of testing quality on public
health |
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