Designing and Piloting a Specimen Transport System in Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT: Efficient specimen transport systems are critical for early disease detection and reporting by laboratory networks. In Burkina Faso, centralized reference laboratories receive specimens from multiple surveillance sites for testing, but transport methods vary, resulting in potential delays and risk to specimen quality. The ministry of health and partners, under the Global Health Security Agenda implementation, piloted a specimen transport system for severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) surveillance in 4 Burkina Faso districts. A baseline assessment was conducted of the current specimen transport network structure and key stakeholders. Assessment results and guidelines for processing SARI specimens informed the pilot specimen transport system design and implementation. Monitoring and eval

SUBMITTER: Dama E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7138605 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature