Working toward a sustainable laboratory quality improvement programme through country ownership: Mozambique's SLMTA story

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Masamha, Jessina ^a   Skaggs, Beth ^a   Pinto, Isabel ^b   Mandlaze, Ana Paula ^c   Simbine, Carolina ^c   Chongo, Patrina ^c   de Sousa, Leonardo ^a   Kidane, Solon ^d   Yao, Katy ^a   Luman, Elizabeth T ^a   Samogudo, Eduardo ^c  

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

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^d ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; MOZAMBIQUE; STEPWISE LABORATORY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESS TOWARDS ACCREDITATION CHECKLIST; STRENGTHENING LABORATORY MANAGEMENT TOWARD ACCREDITATION PROGRAM; TEACHER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING;

EID: 85019638662     PISSN: 22252002     EISSN: 22252010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ajlm.v3i2.253     Document Type: Article

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