SLIPTA e-Tool improves laboratory audit process in Vietnam and Cambodia

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine

 
 
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Title SLIPTA e-Tool improves laboratory audit process in Vietnam and Cambodia
 
Creator Nguyen, Thuong T. McKinney, Barbara Pierson, Antoine Luong, Khue N. Hoang, Quynh T. Meharwal, Sandeep Carvalho, Humberto M. Nguyen, Cuong Q. Nguyen, Kim T. Bond, Kyle B.
 
Subject — laboratory; SLMTA; quality improvement; monitoring and evaluation
Description Background: The Stepwise Laboratory Quality Improvement Process Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA) checklist is used worldwide to drive quality improvement in laboratories in developing countries and to assess the effectiveness of interventions such as the Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA) programme. However, the paperbased format of the checklist makes administration cumbersome and limits timely analysis and communication of results.Development of e-Tool: In early 2012, the SLMTA team in Vietnam developed an electronic SLIPTA checklist tool. The e-Tool was pilot tested in Vietnam in mid-2012 and revised. It was used during SLMTA implementation in Vietnam and Cambodia in 2012 and 2013 and further revised based on auditors’ feedback about usability.Outcomes: The SLIPTA e-Tool enabled rapid turn-around of audit results, reduced workload and language barriers and facilitated analysis of national results. Benefits of the e-Tool will be magnified with in-country scale-up of laboratory quality improvement efforts and potential expansion to other countries.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor funding: US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. TA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vietnam Administration for Medical Services, American Society for Clinical Pathology
Date 2014-11-03
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ajlm.v3i2.219
 
Source African Journal of Laboratory Medicine; Vol 3, No 2 (2014); 5 pages 2225-2010 2225-2002
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Southeast Asia — —
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