Table 1.
Site Description.
Table 2.
Major improvement projects to address identified gaps.
Figure 1.
Performance of the various laboratories at baseline to exit audit as measured by the WHO-AFRO SLIPTA checklist.
Numbers (0–5) on the bars represent the WHO/AFRO star rating. FMC: Federal Medical Center Owerri; GH: General Hospital Lagos; GH: General Hospital Calabar; DLHMH: Dr Lawrence Henshaw Memorial Hospital, Calabar; CH: Central Hospital Benin; IDH: Infectious Disease Hospital Kano,
Figure 2.
Performance of the various laboratory departments in General Hospital Lagos at baseline to exit audit as measured by the WHO-AFRO SLIPTA checklist.
Numbers (0–5) on the bars represent the WHO/AFRO star rating. BACT: Bacteriology, IMMLOGY: Immunology & Serology, *PARA: Parasitology, HAEM: Haematology, CHEM: Chemistry, *BTS: Blood Transfusion Services, * did not participate in the baseline audit.
Figure 3.
Performance of the various laboratories across the Quality Systems Essentials, as measured by the WHO-AFRO SLIPTA checklist from baseline to exit audit.
Fig 3A: FMC Owerri; Fig 3B: GH Lagos; Fig 3C: GH Calabar; Fig 3D: DLHMH Calabar; Fig 3E: CH Benin; Fig 3F: IDH Kano (Doc & Rec: Document and Record, Mgt Rev: Management Review, Org & Pers: Organization & Personnel, Client Mgt; Client Management & Customer service, Eqpmt: Equipment, Int Aud: Internal Audit, Purch & Inv: Purchasing & Inventory, Proc Cont: Process Control and Internal & External Quality Audit, Info Mgt: Information Management, Corr Actions: Corrective Actions, Occurrence/Inc Mgt: Occurrence/Incidence Management & Process improvement, Fac & Safety: Facilities and safety).
Figure 4.
Average performance of all laboratories across the Quality Systems Essentials, as measured by the WHO-AFRO SLIPTA checklist from baseline to exit audit.
(Doc & Rec: Document and Record, Mgt Rev: Management Review, Org & Pers: Organization & Personnel, Client Mgt; Client Management & Customer service, Eqpmt: Equipment, Int Aud: Internal Audit, Purch & Inv: Purchasing & Inventory, Proc Cont: Process Control and Internal & External Quality Audit, Info Mgt: Information Management, Corr Actions: Corrective Actions, Occurrence/Inc Mgt: Occurrence/Incidence Management & Process improvement, Fac & Safety: Facilities and safety).