Research Article
The National Tuberculosis Control Programme of Liberia Laboratory Programme Performance
Table 1
TB microscopy testing laboratories proficiency panel performance results (N = 80).
| Facility performance | Number and % of laboratories | Liberia NLTCP scale | WHO recommended scale |
| Poor | 9 (11%) | 0–55 | <65 | Fair | 8 (10%) | 60–65 | 65–70 | Fairly good | 19 (24%) | 70–75 | 70–80 | Good | 25 (31%) | 80–85 | 80–85 | Very good | 18 (23%) | 90–95 | 85–95 | Excellent | 2 (2%) | 100 | >95 | Total number | 80 (100%) |
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