Management of health facilities: Laboratory services
For frontline managers
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Equipment List for Primary Health Care Laboratories
Gabriele Mallapaty, 2001, The Public Healthcare Laboratory
Major equipment; minor equipment; glassware; consumables; reagents; others
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Laboratory Assessment Tool
2004, WHO
key steps and checklist for diagnostic laboratory assessment; building, facilities and utility services; laboratory equipment, staff and supervision; reagents; tests performed; laboratory management; specimen collection, labeling and handling; reporting procedures;
(14 pages, pdf 291kb) -
Assessment Tool for Laboratory Services (ATLAS)
pdf, 415kb
John Snow Inc., 2007, DELIVER USAID
A data gathering tool to assess laboratory services and logistics. A diagnostic and monitoring tool, a baseline survey of available commodities and equipment; analyze the information collected to identify issues and opportunities, and to outline further assessment and/or appropriate interventions.
(82 pages) -
Lessons Learned In Managing Laboratory Supplies
pdf, 205kb
John Snow Inc. 2006, DELIVER, USAID
Assessing laboratory capacity; stakeholder commitment and coordinating body to strengthen laboratory capacity; standardized laboratory systems are needed because of the large number of commodities to be managed; service statistics data can be used for quantification and procurement; the logistics system provides the base for laboratory services.
(8 pages, pdf 201kb) -
Guiding principles to ensure injection device security
2003, WHO/BCT/03.12
Reuse of injection devices without sterilization is of concern as it may transmit hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), accounting for 30%, 41% and 5% of new infections in 2000, respectively.
(2 pages, pdf 878kb) -
Waste Disposal in Clinical Procedures in a Resource Limited Health Care Facility
WHO/EHT/CPR 2005
15 key points for dealing with different types of waste
(2 pages, pdf 33kb)