SLIPTA e-Tool improves laboratory audit process in Vietnam and Cambodia
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 Accr...
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| author | Thuong T. Nguyen Barbara McKinney Antoine Pierson Khue N. Luong Quynh T. Hoang Sandeep Meharwal Humberto M. Carvalho Cuong Q. Nguyen Kim T. Nguyen Kyle B. Bond |
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| 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-019fd0577c1b458f88ed597a041f4d3b2022-12-22T02:56:26ZengAOSISAfrican Journal of Laboratory Medicine2225-20022225-20102014-11-0132e1e510.4102/ajlm.v3i2.21964SLIPTA e-Tool improves laboratory audit process in Vietnam and CambodiaThuong T. Nguyen0Barbara McKinney1Antoine Pierson2Khue N. Luong3Quynh T. Hoang4Sandeep Meharwal5Humberto M. Carvalho6Cuong Q. Nguyen7Kim T. Nguyen8Kyle B. Bond9National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE)Mayo ClinicIntegrated Quality Laboratory Services (IQLS)Vietnam Administration for Medical Services (VAMS)US Centers for Disease Control and Preventin (CDC)United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Deliver ProjectSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)FHI360French Department – Hanoi University of Science and TechnologyUS Centers for Disease Control and Preventin (CDC)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.https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/219laboratorySLMTAquality improvementmonitoring and evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Thuong T. Nguyen Barbara McKinney Antoine Pierson Khue N. Luong Quynh T. Hoang Sandeep Meharwal Humberto M. Carvalho Cuong Q. Nguyen Kim T. Nguyen Kyle B. Bond SLIPTA e-Tool improves laboratory audit process in Vietnam and Cambodia African Journal of Laboratory Medicine laboratory SLMTA quality improvement monitoring and evaluation |
| title | SLIPTA e-Tool improves laboratory audit process in Vietnam and Cambodia |
| title_full | SLIPTA e-Tool improves laboratory audit process in Vietnam and Cambodia |
| title_fullStr | SLIPTA e-Tool improves laboratory audit process in Vietnam and Cambodia |
| title_full_unstemmed | SLIPTA e-Tool improves laboratory audit process in Vietnam and Cambodia |
| title_short | SLIPTA e-Tool improves laboratory audit process in Vietnam and Cambodia |
| title_sort | slipta e tool improves laboratory audit process in vietnam and cambodia |
| topic | laboratory SLMTA quality improvement monitoring and evaluation |
| url | https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/219 |
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