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.
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.
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.
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.
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.