Mind the gap: Improving the performance of the reference laboratory to end-tuberculosis in Armenia | Zendy

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Mind the gap: Improving the performance of the reference laboratory to end-tuberculosis in Armenia

Author(s) -

Viktorya Cholakyans,

Eduard Kabasakalyan,

Olga Denisiuk,

Kristina Akopyan,

Karapet Davtyan,

Maka Akhalaia,

A.A. Mirzoyan,

Արմեն Հայրապետյան,

Rony Zachariah

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.10935

Subject(s) - accreditation , checklist , audit , quality management system , quality assurance , quality management , performance indicator , operations management , standardization , medicine , quality audit , quality (philosophy) , tuberculosis , accounting , business , environmental resource management , management system , external quality assessment , engineering , medical education , computer science , marketing , psychology , philosophy , cognitive psychology , pathology , operating system , epistemology , environmental science

A one of the step towards achieving TB related targets is to ensure early and quality diagnosis of TB in national laboratories. WHO recommends that all national reference laboratories in TB burden countries strive to reach accreditation by 2025, based on ISO15189:2012 quality management system standard. To identify gaps, progress and evaluated the evolution in implementation QMS we performed a formal assessment of the national TB reference laboratory of Armenia, as well as estimates the specific quality indicators of NRL activity.

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