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Cécile</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Keith Durkin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gillet, Laurent</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maria Artesi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marie-Pierre Hayette</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sébastien Bontems</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vincent Bours</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Claire Gourzonès</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Olivier Ek</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bureau, Fabrice</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jorn Hellemans</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patrick Descheemaeker</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marijke Reynders</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Piet Maes</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Van Ranst, Marc</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lagrou, Katrien</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elisabeth Dequeker</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Emmanuel André</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">COVID-19 Genomics Belgium consortium</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nationwide quality assurance of high-throughput diagnostic molecular testing during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: role of the Belgian National Reference Centre</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Virology Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Belgium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">COVID-19</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">High-throughput testing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">National reference centre</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">QUALITY ASSURANCE</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SARS-CoV-2</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jan-12-2024</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">21</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Belgium, UZ/KU Leuven has played a crucial role as the National Reference Centre (NRC) for respiratory pathogens, to be the first Belgian laboratory to develop and implement laboratory developed diagnostic assays for SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) and later to assess the quality of commercial kits. To meet the growing demand for decentralised testing, both clinical laboratories and government-supported high-throughput platforms were gradually deployed across Belgium. Consequently, the role of the NRC transitioned from a specialised testing laboratory to strengthening capacity and coordinating quality assurance. Here, we outline the measures taken by the NRC, the national public health institute Sciensano and the executing clinical laboratories to ensure effective quality management of molecular testing throughout the initial two years of the pandemic (March 2020 to March 2022).&lt;/p&gt;
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