The Impact of GHP
Standards Development Highlights
FY2022 Documents Published
CLSI mentors returned for one week to evaluate progress of laboratories in Tanzania. They reviewed their action plans from previous gap assessments and provided additional mentorship and training where gaps persisted. Laboratories have been working hard between the mentor visits to address the gaps identified, and many are on track to submit applications for international accreditation in the upcoming months.
Aug. 2021
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Sept. 2021
CLSI congratulated 23 laboratories in Tanzania that have been recommended for accreditation aligned with ISO 15189:2012. These laboratories are among the laboratories the CLSI mentors started working with in early 2020.
12 Standards, Guidelines, and Supplements Published
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Laboratories in Zambia that recently underwent a periodic assessment by the accreditation body continue to work hard to maintain their accreditation aligned with ISO 15189. A few of the laboratories have expanded their scopes of accreditation to include SARS-CoV-2 testing and other technical areas.
Nov. 2021
13 Derivative Products Published
Molecular Diagnostics Microbiology
Method Evaluation
Hematology
Quality Management Systems Chemistry
Newborn Screening
16 Standards, Guidelines, and Supplements Authorized
CLSI recognized the 25 laboratories that received CLSI mentorship and were recommended for accreditation aligned with ISO 15189 in 2021 and the 15 laboratories that have submitted or are preparing to submit applications to the accreditation body. GHP mentors worked together with Tanzanian mentors to support QMS implementation in 22 laboratories that were added to the accreditation preparatory program. In addition, mentors provided ISO 17043 QMS implementation support to laboratories in Tanzania that provide proficiency testing panels.
Jan. 2022
FY2022 Documents Authorized
96 Products in Development
Another laboratory in Zambia has been accredited. Together with our Zambian colleagues in the Ministry of Health, CDC, and CIDRZ LIFE, CLSI congratulates the Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital Laboratory in Zambia on its achievement of international accreditation aligned with the ISO 15189 standard for medical laboratories. Over the last several years, CLSI mentors have been working together with the laboratory team to establish and strengthen the laboratory’s quality management system.
9863 Individuals Participated in Webinars
Apr. 2022
2047 Individuals Participated in Online Learning Courses
The CLSI team continued its support of capacity building efforts in the Caribbean Region through the facilitation of a virtual training workshop on Laboratory Measurement Uncertainty to provide laboratory management and staff with the essential knowledge and skills to comply with the requirements of the ISO 15189:2012 standard. CLSI worked in partnership with the CDC-Caribbean and Global Laboratory & Epidemiology Systems Strengthening Network (GLESSN) to deliver this training, along with trainings in the areas of Laboratory Risk Management & Quality Control and Laboratory Quality Control & Method Evaluation–Molecular COVID-19 PCR Testing.
Jun. 2022
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