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Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Synopsis

Nationwide External Quality Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Testing, South Korea

Heungsup Sung1Comments to Author , Myung-Guk Han, Cheon-Kwon Yoo, Sang-Won Lee, Yoon-Seok Chung, Jae-Sun Park, Mi-Na Kim, Hyukmin Lee, Ki Ho Hong, Moon-Woo Seong, Kyunghoon Lee, Sail Chun, Wee Gyo Lee, Gye-Cheol Kwon, and Won-Ki Min1Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea (H. Sung, M.-N. Kim, S. Chun, W.K. Min); Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea (M.-G. Han, C.-K. Yoo, S.-W. Lee, Y.-S. Chung, J.-S. Park); Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul (H. Lee); Seoul Medical Center, Seoul (K.-H. Hong); Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul (M.-W. Seong, K. Lee); Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea (W.G. Lee); Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (G.-C. Kwon)

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Figure 1

Protocols used for real-time RT-PCR in 118 laboratories participating in an external quality assessment of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 testing, South Korea, March 23–27, 2020. The flow diagram shows the variations in specimens tested, RNA extraction platforms, PCR reagents and amplification platforms, and sample volume equivalent RNA input used in the PCR reaction. The weight of the lines reflects the number of laboratories using a particular step. Numbers in the circles indi

Figure 1. Protocols used for real-time RT-PCR in 118 laboratories participating in an external quality assessment of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 testing, South Korea, March 23–27, 2020. The flow diagram shows the variations in specimens tested, RNA extraction platforms, PCR reagents and amplification platforms, and sample volume equivalent RNA input used in the PCR reaction. The weight of the lines reflects the number of laboratories using a particular step. Numbers in the circles indicate number of laboratories. RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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