Implementation of the laboratory quality management system (ISO 15189): Experience from Bugando Medical Centre Clinical Laboratory - Mwanza, Tanzania

• Main Authors: Medard Beyanga (Author), Lisa Gerwing-Adima (Author), Kahima Jackson (Author), Benjamin Majaliwa (Author), Henrico Shimba (Author), Simon Ezekiel (Author), Charles Massambu (Author), Dickson Majige (Author), Michael Mwasegaka (Author), Wilson Mtotela (Author), Patrick Mateta (Author), Christa Kasang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Use of laboratory evidence-based patient health care in Tanzania remains a complex problem, as with many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa. As at 2010, 39 African countries, including Tanzania, had no clinical laboratories that met the minimum requirements for international laborator...