From benchmarking to best practices: Lessons from the laboratory quality improvement programme at the military teaching hospital in Cotonou, Benin

From benchmarking to best practices: Lessons from the laboratory quality improvement programme at the military teaching hospital in Cotonou, Benin

Background: In 2015, the Army Teaching Hospital–University Teaching Hospital (HIA-CHU [Hôpital D’instruction des Armées de Cotonou Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire]) laboratory in Benin launched a quality improvement programme in alignment with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Af...

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Main Authors:	Alban Zohoun, Tatiana B. Agbodandé, Angélique Kpadé, Raliatou O. Goga, René Gainsi, Paul Balè, Bibata M. Sambo, Remi Charlebois, Rachel Crane, Michele Merkel, Ludovic Anani, Ekaterina Milgotina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	AOSIS 2021-02-01
Series:	African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Subjects:	laboratory medicine stepwise laboratory improvement process towards accreditation slipta quality improvement laboratory quality improvement military laboratory quality assurance slmta strengthening laboratory management toward accreditation
Online Access:	https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/1057

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