Laboratory Quality Strengthening

Essential medical laboratory services : their role in delivering equitable health care in Malawi

Dacombe, R.J. | 2006]
  • Author(s): Dacombe, R.J.
  • Publisher: Liverpool associates in tropical health (LATH)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, disease control, malawi
This paper examines the establishment of Essential Medical Laboratory Services (EMLS) and their crucial role for delivering equitable health care to the poor population of Malawi as part of the Essential Health Package.

Implementation of quality management system in Iranian medical laboratories

Dahim, P. | 2009
  • Author(s): Dahim, P.
  • Publisher: Iranian public health association]
  • Pages: 150--152
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, standardization, iran
This article describes the implementation of the ISO 15189 standard at the Reference Health Laboratory of Iran. write necessary manuals, guidelines and checklists. Three phases were designed: training, stepwise implementation of standard requirements in the laboratories and accreditation.

Global laboratory initiative tool for a stepwise process towards tuberculosis laboratory accreditation

Datema, Tjeerd A.M. | 2012
  • Author(s): Datema, Tjeerd A.M.
  • Publisher: International union against tuberculosis and lung disease
  • Pages: 704--705
  • Keywords: standards, scientific facilities, health services
The Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI) of the Stop TB Partnership has developed a tool to assist laboratories in implementing a quality management system that meets ISO15189 Medical Laboratory Requirements for Quality and Competence, the most widely used standard for laboratory accreditation.

Critical review of the Stepwise laboratory improvement process towards accreditation (SLIPTA) : suggestions for harmonization, implementation and improvement

Datema, Tjeerd A.M. | 2012
  • Author(s): Datema, Tjeerd A.M.
  • Publisher: Blackwell
  • Pages: 361--367
  • Keywords: disease control, health services, scientific facilities, standards
This article evaluates the quality and applicability of a tiered accreditation scheme Stepwise Laboratory Improvement Process Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA) that was developed by WHO-AFRO, CDC and others for clinical laboratories in LMIC, compared with international quality standards.

Critical review of the WHO-AFRO accreditiation scheme for clinical laboratories

Datema, Tjeerd A.M. | 2011
  • Author(s): Datema, Tjeerd A.M.
  • Publisher: Royal tropical institute
  • Pages: (9.04 min.)--
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, disease control, standards, africa
Presentation by Tjeerd Datema, Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands, given at the 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health in Lille, France (2011). Objective of the presentation is to explain the characteristics of, and provide points for improvement for the WHO-AFRO accreditation checklist.
 

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