Can mentorship improve laboratory quality? A case study from influenza diagnostic laboratories in Southeast Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Strengthening the quality of laboratory diagnostics is a key part of building global health capacity. In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Southeast European Center for Surveillance and Control of Infectious Diseases (SECID), WHO European Regional Office (WHO EURO) and American Public Health Laboratories (APHL) collaborated to address laboratory quality training needs in Southeast Europe. Together, they developed a quality assurance (QA) mentorship program for six national laboratories (Laboratories A-E) in five countries utilizing APHL international consultants. The primary goal of the mentorship program was to help laboratories become recognized by WHO as National Influenza Centers (NICs). The program aimed to do this by strengthening infl

SUBMITTER: Polansky L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6339419 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature