Laboratory Quality Strengthening

Improving quality in resource poor settings : observational study from rural Rwanda

Kotagal, M. | 2009
  • Author(s): Kotagal, M.
  • Publisher: British medical association
  • Pages: 1311--1313
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, hospitals, rwanda
This article discusses quality improvement of a rural hospital in Rwanda by the use of simple quality improvement tools, including plan-do-study-act cycles and process maps.

Guideline on the requirements of external quality assessment programs in molecular pathology

Krieken, J. Han van | 2013
  • Author(s): Krieken, J. Han van
  • Publisher: National center for biotechnology information (NCBI)
  • Pages: 27--37
  • Keywords: quality control, guidelines
The guideline presented has been developed with the purpose to harmonize EQA in molecular pathology. It presents recommendations on how an EQA program should be organized, provides criteria for a reference laboratory and proposes requirements for EQA test samples.

Laboratory quality control in a multicentre meningococcal carriage study in Burkina Faso

Kristiansen, Paul A. | 2012
  • Author(s): Kristiansen, Paul A.
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: quality control, scientific facilities, health services, burkina faso
This paper describes the laboratory quality control (QC) system that was implemented for a multicentre meningococcal carriage study in Burkina Faso. The authors state that the components of the presented QC system can easily be implemented in any other laboratory study.

External quality assessment of smear microscopy by the National reference laboratory in nine states of India

Kumar, V. | 2009
  • Author(s): Kumar, V.
  • Publisher: International union against tuberculosis (IUATLD)]
  • Pages: 1183--1185
  • Keywords: health services, medical research, scientific facilities, quality control, india
The objective of this study was to assess the quality of the sputum smear microscopy centres and Intermediate Reference Laboratories (IRLs) of nine states based on National Reference Laboratory (NRL) onsite evaluation visits, followed by subsequent visits to seven states.

Guidelines for peripheral and intermediate laboratories in quality assurance in bacteriology and immunology

Kumari, Sudarshan and Bhatia, Rajesh | 2003
  • Author(s): Kumari, Sudarshan and Bhatia, Rajesh
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO). Regional office for South-East Asia
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, bacteriology, immunology, research and development, scientific facilities, quality control, guidelines
These guidelines have been developed to assist WHO member countries in strengthening laboratory activities in microbiology so as to ensure better primary health care delivery.
 

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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.