Laboratory Quality Strengthening

History of quality for the modern medical laboratory

Noble, Michael A. | [ca. 2006]
  • Author(s): Noble, Michael A.
  • Publisher: The University of British Columbia (UBC). Department of pathology and laboratory medicine. Program office for laboratory quality management (POLQM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: medical research, health services, scientific facilities, quality control, history
This powerpoint presentation gives an overview of the history of quality management for medical laboratories.

Field epidemiology and laboratory training programs in sub-Saharan Africa from 2004 to 2010 : need, the process, and prospects

Nsubuga, Peter | 2011
  • Author(s): Nsubuga, Peter
  • Publisher: The Pan African medical journal (PAMJ)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, training programmes, africa south of sahara
The FELTP model is one proven strategy for developing a locally trained multi-disciplinary and cohesive public health workforce that can operate several public health surveillance and response systems.

Overview of the Global laboratory initiative (GLI) partnership approach

O'Brien, Rick | 2011
  • Author(s): O'Brien, Rick
  • Publisher: Foundation for innovative new diagnostics] (FIND)
  • Pages: (14.58 min.)--
  • Keywords: health services, professional associations, scientific facilities
Presentation by Richard O'Brien, Chair, Global Laboratory Initiative Working Group, given at the 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health in Lille, France (2011). In this presentation the structure and activities of the GLI Working Group are presented.

Professor Iruka N. Okeke discusses her new book [\"Divining without seeds\"]

Okeke, Iruka N. | 2011
  • Author(s): Okeke, Iruka N.
  • Publisher: Haverford college
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, disease control, africa
In this video, Haverford Biology Professor Iruka N. Okeke talks about her new book, \"Divining Without Seeds: The Case for Strengthening Laboratory Medicine in Africa\", in which she argues that laboratory diagnostics are essential to the effective practice of medicine in Africa.

Evaluation of request forms submitted to the haematology laboratory in a Ghanaian tertiary hospital

Olayemi, Edeghonghon and Asiamah-Broni, Rebecca | 2011
  • Author(s): Olayemi, Edeghonghon and Asiamah-Broni, Rebecca
  • Publisher: The Pan African medical journal (PAMJ)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health personnel, scientific facilities, hospitals, health services, ghana
Laboratory request forms provide information about the laboratory test being requested for. Omission of information may lead to laboratory errors. This study aimed to evaluate the level of completion of laboratory request forms at the haematology department of a Ghanaian tertiary hospital.
 

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