Laboratory Quality Management System (LQMS) training toolkit
Training material
11 - Assessment - Norms and Accreditation
The purpose of this module is to provide the participants with information on laboratory standards, the organizations that develop them, and how the processes of accreditation and certification are conducted.
At the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- compare and contrast accreditation, certification and licensure;
- describe the process involved in the development of standards;
- discuss the need for laboratory norms and standards.
Content
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Content sheet 11-1: Overview of norms and accreditation
pdf, 311kb -
Annex 11: Checklist form example
pdf, 28kb
Material for the trainers
Material for the participants
Optional material for the trainers
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Presentation: Accreditation of health laboratories in the countries of the SEA Region
pdf, 64kb -
Checklist standard for medical laboratory
pdf, 131kb -
Good laboratory practice
pdf, 1.19Mb -
National polio laboratory check list for annual WHO accreditation
pdf, 189kb -
Guidelines for establishment of accreditation of health laboratories
pdf, 544kb -
Quality standards in health laboratories - implementation in Thailand
pdf, 263kb -
Quality assurance in bacteriology and immunology
pdf, 2.48Mb -
Quality assurance in sputum microscopy in DOTS program
pdf, 2.26Mb - Acronyms, links and e-mail addresses