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cord-255290-p64apuk1	Matheeussen, Veerle	International external quality assessment for SARS-CoV-2 molecular detection and survey on clinical laboratory preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic, April/May 2020	2020-07-09		.txt	text/plain	2121	102	41	title: International external quality assessment for SARS-CoV-2 molecular detection and survey on clinical laboratory preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic, April/May 2020 We conducted an external quality assessment study with inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) samples to support clinical laboratories with a proficiency testing option for molecular assays. We conducted an external quality assessment study with inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) samples to support clinical laboratories with a proficiency testing option for molecular assays. Between 6 April and 20 May 2020, each participating laboratory received a blinded panel of eight samples, with five samples containing serial 10-fold dilutions (2.30-5.30 dPCR log10 RNA copies/mL, one duplicated) of non-infectious SARS-CoV-2-positive supernatant obtained from Vero cell culture, two samples with cell culture-derived common human coronavirus (HCoV-NL63, HCoV-OC43) and one negative control with transport medium only. In parallel with the EQA study, laboratories were surveyed to assess their challenges in implementing and executing molecular testing capacity and throughput for SARS-CoV-2 detection, also in April and May 2020.	./cache/cord-255290-p64apuk1.txt	./txt/cord-255290-p64apuk1.txt