The Art of Writing and Implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Laboratories in Low-Resource Settings: Review of Guidelines and Best Practices

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Barbé, Barbara ^a   Verdonck, Kristien ^a   Mukendi, Deby ^b   Lejon, Veerle ^a,c   Lilo Kalo, Jean Roger ^b   Alirol, Emilie ^d   Gillet, Philippe ^a   Horié, Ninon ^d   Ravinetto, Raffaella ^a,e   Bottieau, Emmanuel ^a   Yansouni, Cedric ^f   Winkler, Andrea S ^g,h   van Loen, Harry ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Lutumba, Pascal ^b,i   Jacobs, Jan ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Institut National de Recherche Bio Medicale   (Congo)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL BIAS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; READING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING; TROPICAL DISEASE; WRITING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS;

FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; NEGLECTED DISEASES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85007401064     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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