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SEALAB aims at reinforcing national health systems in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar to enable them to respond to emerging infectious diseases, which could potentially be pandemic. The focus will be on strengthening laboratories working at facility level.

  • Training Session 1 - Quality management

    This is the quality management system training developed by Fondation Merieux.

    • This training covers essential topics on quality management in medical or public health laboratories. It is based on the ISO 15189:2012 "Medical laboratories — Requirements for quality and competence". This standard aims to ensure the provision of accurate, reliable and timely laboratory test results that are indispensable to any health activities.


      Introduction


      The course content will be as follow:

      Session 1: Basic quality concepts

      • Unit 1 -Challenges of a quality management system in laboratories
      • Unit 2 -Evolution of quality through history
      • Unit 3 -ISO15189 and QMS
      • Unit 4 -Quality project team
      • Unit 5 -Process mapping
      • Quiz


      Session 2: Quality of processes

      • Unit 1 -Operational processes: Pre-Examination
      • Unit 1 -Operational processes: Examination
      • Unit 1 -Operational processes: Post-Examination
      • Unit 2 -Support processes: Equipment management
      • Unit 2 -Support processes: Equipment management; Metrological traceability
      • Unit 2 -Support processes: Purchase management
      • Unit 2 -Support processes: Stock management
      • Quiz


      Session 3: Managing quality

      • Unit 1 - Document and record management
      • Unit 2 - Management processes: Personnel management
      • Unit 2 - Management processes: Internal audit
      • Unit 2 - Management processes: Management review
      • Unit 3 - Tools for the quality management: Non-conformity
      • Unit 3 - Tools for the quality management: Quality meeting
      • Unit 3 - Tools for the quality management: Risk management
      • Unit 3 - Tools for the quality management: Action plan
      • Unit 3 - Tools for the quality management: Quality indicators
      • Quiz


      Resources:

      • Glossary
      • Extra Resources