Critical review of the Stepwise Laboratory Improvement Process Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA): Suggestions for harmonization, implementation and improvement

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-367

  Datema, Tjeerd A M ^a   Oskam, Linda ^a   van Beers, Stella M ^a   Klatser, Paul R ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Africa; Clinical laboratories; Quality management; WHO

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABORATORY METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL LABORATORY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCREDITATION; CHECKLIST; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 84857364631     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02917.x     Document Type: Article

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