Laboratory Quality Strengthening

Strengthening public health laboratories in the WHO African region : a critical need for disease control : report

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO). Regional office for Africa
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, disease control, africa
Report of the fifty-eighth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, held in Yaounde, Republic of Cameroon from 1 to 5 September 2008.

The Maputo declaration on strengthening of laboratory systems

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO). Regional office for Africa
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, standardization, standards, africa
The Maputo Declaration calls on Ministries of Health to develop national laboratory policies and national laboratory strategic plans.

Establishment of quality systems and accreditation in health laboratories : report of an intercountry workshop, Thailand, 9-13 October 2006

| 2007
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO). Regional office for South-East Asia
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, quality control, standards, south east asia
In order to provide technical assistance to Member States to strengthen their quality systems and establish an accreditation mechanism, WHO organized an intercountry workshop in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 13 October 2006.

ILAC guidelines for the requirements for the competence of providers of proficiency testing schemes

| 2007
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: ILAC
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: scientific facilities, performance standards, guidelines
This document is directed to providers of proficiency testing schemes who wish to demonstrate their competence, for the purposes of accreditation or other recognition, by formal compliance with a set of internationally acceptable requirements for the planning and implementation of such schemes.

Handbook : quality practices in basic biomedical research

| 2006
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Special programme for research and training in tropical diseases (TDR)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: medical research, quality control, manuals
The quality management system outlined in this handbook will provide institutions and researchers with the necessary tools for the implementation and monitoring of quality practices in their research, thus promoting the credibility and acceptability of their work.
 

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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.