Laboratory Quality Strengthening

Laboratory standardization : lessons learned and practical approaches

| 2009
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: USAID. John Snow, Inc. (JSI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, medical supplies, standardization
This paper provides a definition and description of laboratory standardization, outlines the benefits, and offers some suggested approaches for implementing standardization in-country.

Laboratory logistics handbook : a guide to designing and managing laboratory logistics systems

| 2009
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: USAID. John Snow, Inc. (JSI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, medical supplies
This document describes the function and organization of laboratory services and the commodities needed for laboratory services, and it discusses supply chain considerations for management of laboratory commodities.

Global tuberculosis control : epidemiology, strategy, financing : WHO report 2009

| 2009
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: tuberculosis, disease prevention
WHO's report on Global TB Control compiles data from over 200 countries and territories each year, monitoring the scale and direction of TB epidemics, implementation and impact of the Stop TB Strategy, and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.

Joint WHO-CDC conference on health laboratory quality systems : Lyon, France, 9-11 April 2008

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities
Report of the joint WHO-CDC Conference on Health Laboratory Quality Systems, held from 9 to 11 April 2008. The conference brought together over 200 health professionals from more than 70 countries.

Guidelines for managing the laboratory supply chain (V. 2)

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: USAID. John Snow, Inc. (JSI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, medical supplies
This paper describes the function and organization of laboratory services, and discusses supply chain considerations for managing laboratory supplies.
 

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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.