20 TRAINED DURING SECOND SLMTA TRAINING WORKSHOP IN ZIMBABWE
A total of 20 people from 10 laboratories participated in the second training workshop on Strengthening Laboratory Management Towards Accreditation (SLMTA) in Harare, Zimbabwe from 30 August - 3 September 2010. This was the second of three training workshops and it was facilitated jointly by AFENET and Zimbabwe National Quality Assurance Programme (ZINQAP).
Two of the workshop participants during a role play demonstrating laboratory safety
The workshop aimed at enhancing the participants’ laboratory management skills to advance the implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Laboratory Accreditation Scheme. It was conducted through simulations, home work and classroom activities for practical learning.
The classroom activities included:
- Assessing safety incidents and conducting a safety audit
- Creating a list of supplies, forecasting and calculating order amounts
- Creating a log for maintenance and quality control
- Storeroom auditing
- Importance of Standard Operating Procedures
Mr. Ndlovu Nqobile- AFENET’s Laboratory Project Officer makes the introductory presentation during the SLMTA workshop
Ms. Phoebe Matenheyi (ZINQAP) facilitates an activity during the training
By the end of the workshop, three Improvement Projects (IP)s were assigned to each participant for implementation over the next three months. The projects focused on topics which were taught during the workshop, for example: Laboratory Safety Audit, developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)s, and Quality Control and maintenance logs.
The SLMTA program was developed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with the American Society for Clinical Pathologists (ASCP). It was launched in July 2009 at a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, and the first SLMTA training in Zimbabwe was held in March 2010.
Participants during a group session at the workshop
