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letter . 2020 Apr 22:hvaa097. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaa097
Preparedness and Rapid Implementation of External Quality Assessment Helped Quickly Increase COVID-19 Testing Capacity in the Republic of Korea
Heungsup Sung
h1, Cheon-Kwon Yoo
h2, Myung-Guk Han
h2, Sang-Won Lee
h2, Hyukmin Lee
h3, Sail Chun
h1, Wee Gyo Lee
h4, Won-Ki Min
h1,✉
Heungsup Sung
h1Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Cheon-Kwon Yoo
h2
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
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Myung-Guk Han
h2
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
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Sang-Won Lee
h2
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
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Hyukmin Lee
h3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Sail Chun
h1Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Wee Gyo Lee
h4Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Won-Ki Min
h1Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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h1Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
h2
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
h3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
h4Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Received 2020 Mar 31; Revised 2020 Apr 2; Accepted 2020 Apr 2.
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