Laboratory Quality Strengthening

Guidelines on good clinical laboratory practice : bridging operations between research and clinical research laboratories

Ezzelle, J. | 2008
  • Author(s): Ezzelle, J.
  • Publisher: National institutes of health (NIH)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, research and development, scientific facilities, quality control, standards, guidelines
A set of Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) standards that embraces both the research and clinical aspects of GLP were developed utilizing a variety of collected regulatory and guidance material.

Laboratory equipment maintenance : a critical bottleneck for strengthening health systems in sub-Saharan Africa?

Fonjungo, Peter N. | 2011
  • Author(s): Fonjungo, Peter N.
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, africa south of sahara
Properly functioning laboratory equipment is a critical component for strengthening health systems in developing countries. This article reviews the benefits and persistent challenges associated with sustaining laboratory equipment maintenance in sub-Saharan Africa.

External quality assessment of national public health laboratories in Africa, 2002-2009

Frean, John | 2012
  • Author(s): Frean, John
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
  • Pages: 191--199
  • Keywords: quality control, disease control, public health, scientific facilities, health services, africa
This article reviews findings from an external quality assessment programme involving public health microbiology laboratories in Africa that routinely investigate epidemic-prone diseases.

An e-health driven laboratory information system to support HIV treatment in Peru : E-quity for laboratory personnel, health providers and people living with HIV

Garcia, Patricia J. | 2009
  • Author(s): Garcia, Patricia J.
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, health information, information systems, peru
This article describes the design and implementation of an e-health driven, web-based laboratory information system - NETLAB - in Peru to communicate laboratory results for monitoring highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to laboratory personnel, health providers and people living with HIV.

Impact of international partnerships on the performance of HIV/sexually transmitted infection testing in five resource-constrained countries

Gaydos, C.A. | 2011
  • Author(s): Gaydos, C.A.
  • Publisher: Royal society of medicine press
  • Pages: 645--652
  • Keywords: international co-operation, disease control, scientific facilities, health services
This paper assesses the impact of international laboratory partnerships on the performance of HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing in five resource-constrained countries. The process of improving the training of staff and infrastructure of international laboratories is discussed.
 

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This portal provides background information for KIT's training programme on laboratory quality management, which enables laboratories in resource-constrained countries to improve the quality of their services. Use the searchbox to find resources in the database.