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Vitamin A Laboratory - External Quality Assurance

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Brochures

VITAL-EQA Brochure
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Multimedia

Guidelines for Collecting and Testing Blood Samples for Micronutrients
Flash Format

Publications

The CDC VITAL-EQA program, external quality assurance for serum retinol, 2003–2006. Haynes BM, Schleicher RL, Jain RB, Pfeiffer CM.
Abstract

Specimen Collection and Shipping Posters

The posters below are available in PDF format for printing on 11" x 17" tabloid-sized paper.

Title Format
Steps for Collecting Finger Stick Capillary Blood Using a Microtainer® PDF 682KB
Steps for Shipping Dried Blood Spot Samples (Cold Shipment) PDF 851KB
Steps for Measuring Capillary Blood Hemoglobin Using a HemoCue® PDF 1,266KB
Steps for Shipping Frozen Samples PDF 851KB
Steps for Collecting Finger Stick Blood in a Microtainer® Tube for Preparing Dried Blood Spots PDF 1,012KB

Last Reviewed: Tuesday September 01 2009
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