Innovative strategies for a successful SLMTA country programme: The Rwanda story

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Nzabahimana, Innocent ^a   Sebasirimu, Sabin ^a   Gatabazi, John B ^b   Ruzindana, Emmanuel ^a   Kayobotsi, Claver ^c   Linde, Mary K ^d   Mazarati, Jean B ^a   Ntagwabira, Edouard ^a   Serumondo, Janvier ^a   Dahourou, Georges A ^e   Gatei, Wangeci ^e   Muvunyi, Claude M ^a  

^a RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^b RWANDA MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Rwanda)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d American Society for Clinical Pathology   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RWANDA; SCORING SYSTEM; STEPWISE LABORATORY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESS TOWARDS ACCREDITATION SCORE; STRENGTHENING LABORATORY MANAGEMENT TOWARD ACCREDITATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85019598038     PISSN: 22252002     EISSN: 22252010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ajlm.v3i2.217     Document Type: Article

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