Accelerating the spread of laboratory quality improvement efforts in Botswana

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Mokobela, Kelebeletse O ^a   Moatshe, Mpho T ^a   Modukanele, Mosetsanagape ^b  

^a Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LABORATORY; MENTORING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; STAFF TRAINING; SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKSHOP; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85042948296     PISSN: 22252002     EISSN: 22252010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ajlm.v3i2.207     Document Type: Article

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