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Five kinds of EQA samples were sent to the participating laboratories on three parameters, including microscopy, culture and phenotypic first-line drug susceptibility testing and they were asked to perform according to the standard protocol. The results were taken over by the Tuberculosis Laboratories Surveillance Network (TULSA) web system and analysed.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nResults<\/jats:title>\nA total of 24 PHLs participated in the EQA in 2018; 30 in 2019 and 23 in 2020. 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