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Laboratory Quality Strengthening

SANAS : South African national accreditation system

| cop. 2008-
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  • Publisher: South African national accreditation system (SANAS)
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  • Keywords: standardization, standards, professional associations, south africa
SANAS is recognised by the South African Government as the single National Accreditation Body that gives formal recognition that a.o. Laboratories, Certification Bodies and Good Laboratory Practice test facilities are competent to perform specific tasks.

ISO : International organization for standardization : international standards for business, government and society

| cop. 2008-
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  • Publisher: International organization for standardization (ISO)
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  • Keywords: standardization, standards, international organizations
ISO is the world's largest developer and publisher of International Standards.

Laboratory-based evaluation of 19 commercially available rapid diagnostic tests for tuberculosis

| cop. 2008
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  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
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  • Keywords: tuberculosis, disease control, medical research
This report discusses a WHO/TDR sponsored evaluation of 19 commercially available rapid diagnostic tests for tuberculosis. The evaluation assessed diagnostic test performance, reproducibility, and operational characteristics.

Good laboratory practice training manual for the trainer : a tool for training and promoting good laboratory practice (GLP) concepts in disease endemic countries

| cop. 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
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  • Keywords: health services, disease control, scientific facilities, training programmes
This manual is aimed at trainers of good laboratory practice (GLP) and is a companion manual to the GLP training manual for the trainee.

Labnetwork

| cop. 2007-
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  • Publisher: Labnetwork
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  • Keywords: scientific facilities, standardization
LABNETWORK is an online platform set up by UNIDO and WAITRO that provides information on standards and conformity assessment to assist developing countries to become informed about laboratory accreditation.
 

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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.