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What is the best external quality control sample for your laboratory?

  • Giuseppe A. Vincini ORCID logo EMAIL logo and Wayne J. Dimech ORCID logo

Corresponding author: Giuseppe A. Vincini, National Serology Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia, E-mail:

  1. Research funding: None declared.

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted respon-sibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Informed consent: Not applicable.

  5. Ethical approval: Not applicable.

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Received: 2022-10-30
Accepted: 2022-11-23
Published Online: 2022-11-30
Published in Print: 2023-02-23

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