SLMTA (Strengthening Laboratory Management Towards Certification) is a very powerful tool … advancement, that assists to create effective labs that promote
the values of quality control. It also develops capability of the staff. As well as also it brings the laboratories
to the degrees of international requirements So SLMTA eventually it enhances the high quality of solutions to our individuals. In Uganda, SLMTA
has resulted in solid laboratories that satisfy worldwide standards,
which have actually changed the overall wellness system
in our resource-limited setting.COVID testing located
a solid quality foundation that had actually currently been developed through SLMTA. This made execution of COVID testing that a lot easier.
With the assistance supplied by CDC, capacity has actually been constructed in Uganda for training, auditing, and analysis. And currently there is assistance for developing a Uganda Accreditation as well as Certification Body. As a result at CDC,
we anticipate that this will certainly be a sustainable and on-going program for all public and also exclusive research laboratories in Uganda.
SLMTA as a training program drops under our quality monitoring system. It is just one of the areas that we work with as the lab department. We have a tiered network as the ministry of health, as the department, we manage and coordinate any of the systems in these various labs. Uganda was among the earliest adopters of this program.
We began it in 2010. Through this training, we have actually entailed over 150 research laboratories and out of these 150 laboratories, due to the fact that of this training, we have actually had actually 34 get accredited. SLMTA has actually truly changed the landscape of the lab sector.
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