Laboratory Medicine
Quality Assurance
(Two workshops during the year
2008)
Organized by: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Y.
Osman
And
Dr. Mohamed S.
Abdel-Latif
Course Objectives:
Quality Assurance
programs ensure laboratory staff, clinicians and patients that laboratory test
results are reliable, reproducible and relevant. A Quality Assurance program
that includes Internal Quality Control, External Quality Assessment and Quality
Management is an effective tool to improve trust in laboratory test
results.
Therefore, all
laboratory personnel must be familiar with terms and procedures of the Quality
Assurance Program. This 11 days training program has been specifically designed
for laboratory personnel working in public health laboratories.
The program
content has been selected based on laboratory tests performed at district level
laboratories.
This training
program will provide trainees with general knowledge on the Quality Assurance
Program and specific skills on Internal Quality Control procedures for a wide
range of tests.
Quality
Assurance Training
|
Day |
Time |
Morning Session |
Time |
Afternoon Session |
|
1st |
10:00 – 11:00
15 min break
11:15 – 12:15 |
Introduction to Quality Assurance
· External quality assessment
· Internal quality control
· quality management
|
12:30 – 01:30
15 min break
01:45 – 02:45 |
The Three Stages of Quality Assurance
· Pre-analytical stage
· Analytical stage
· Post-analytical stage
Introduction to Standard
Operating Procedures |
|
2nd |
10:00 – 11:00
15 min break
11:15 – 12:15 |
Quality Assurance in
Hematology
· Sample Collection
· Sample Storage and Transportation
· Universal Precautions
· Waste disposable and cleaning
Internal Quality Control
Procedures for selected tests:
· Hemoglobin, colorimetric method
· Total WBC Count
· Differential WBC count
· ESR |
12:30-03:30 |
Practical Sessions
· Hemoglobin, Colorimetric method
· Total WBC count
· Differential WBC count
· ESR
Working in groups
· Result comparison
· Trouble shooting and discussion
· Grading of best performing group of the
day |
|
3rd |
10:00 – 11:00
15 min break
11:15 – 12:15 |
Quality assurance in
Biochemistry
· Sample collection
· Sample storage and transportation
Internal Quality Control
Procedures for selected tests:
· Blood Sugar
· Urea |
12:30-03:30 |
Equipment Maintenance: Cleaning,
Handling and Simple Preventive Maintenance
· The Microscope
· The Centrifuge
· The Colorimeter
· The
Auto-pipette |
|
4th |
10:00 – 11:00
15 min break
11:15 – 12:15 |
Quality assurance in Biochemistry
· Precision
· Accuracy
· Mean
· Standard deviation
· Calibration graph |
12:30-03:30 |
Practical Sessions
· Blood Sugar
· Urea
· Prepare calibration graphs
Working in groups
· Result comparison
· Trouble shooting and discussion
· Grading of best performing group of the
day |
|
5th |
10:00 – 11:00
15 min break
11:15 – 12:15 |
Quality assurance in Microbiology
· Sample collection: Sputum, Skin
smear and skin scrapping for fungus
· Sample storage and Transportation
· Waste disposal
Internal Quality Control Procedures for selected
tests:
· Gram stain
· Ziehl Neelsen stain
· Fungus and Scabies scrapping |
12:30-03:30 |
Practical Sessions
· Gram stain
· Ziehl Neelsen stain
· Fungus and Scabies scrapping
Working in groups
· Result comparison
· Trouble shooting and discussion
· Grading of best performing group of the
day |
|
6th |
10:00 – 11:00
15 min break
11:15 – 12:15 |
Quality assurance in Microbiology
· Sample collection: Urine and Blood
· Sample storage and Transportation
· Disinfecting and Sterilization
Internal Quality Control Procedures for selected
tests:
· Urine Culture
· Blood Culture
· Antibiotic sensitivity test |
12:30-03:30 |
Practical Sessions
· Urine Culture
· |