AOAC AFRICA has done extensive work to establish the state of analytical capacity on the continent and to make practical remedial recommendations. The most recent iteration of its Laboratory Performance Benchmarking Survey (LPBS), in which 38 laboratories from eight countries participated in a series of six tests to assess the accuracy and reliability of the participating laboratories’ results, revealed some concerning trends.
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