July 2024 LabCoP ECHO Session: Setting up and Running a sustainable national Equipment скачать в хорошем качестве

July 2024 LabCoP ECHO Session: Setting up and Running a sustainable national Equipment

This LabCoP monthly ECHO session focuses on setting up and running a sustainable national equipment maintenance and calibration center and Uganda's experience. Laboratory operations are often time-sensitive and require uninterrupted equipment functionality to ensure testing continuity. Improper equipment management leads to breakdowns, reduced productivity, low staff morale and financial loss due to wasted time and resources. Africa CDC recommends that laboratory directorates and ministries of health establish a national bioengineering calibration and maintenance facility to service, maintain and calibrate instruments within the laboratory network. In this session we share the journey of the Uganda Ministry of Health, through the National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic services in conceptualizing, setting up and running a national equipment maintenance and calibration center that currently supports a broad equipment maintenance and calibration scope for both public and private sector laboratories in the country. Presenters • Dr Susan Nabadda, Executive Director, Uganda National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services • Abdul Mutaka, Technical Manager, National Equipment Calibration Laboratory, Uganda National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services • Rose Achom, Quality Manager, National Equipment Calibration Laboratory, Uganda National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services