Discussion on the construction system and management mode of county-level urinary iodine laboratory in Gansu Province / 中华地方病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Iodine nutrition is very important to human health, especially for brain development, urinary iodinary is one of the basic indicators reflecting the nutritional status of iodine, and is an important basis for scientific evaluation of iodine nutrition. In order to provide support and assistance for improving the network syetem of iodine nutrition monitoring laboratories, we summarized and explored the construction process, quality control, and management methods of 85 county-level urinary iodine laboratories in Gansu Province from 2016 to 2018.