Lessons learned

Laboratories that reached accreditation through SLMTA share what was hardest, what helped most, the mistakes they made and their advice to others.

Cameroon

Bamenda Regional Hospital Laboratory

Accredited Sep 2017 · SANAS - ISO 15189

Kenya

Bomu Hospital Laboratory

Accredited Jul 2015 · KENAS - ISO 15189

Cameroon

Buea Regional Hospital Laboratory

Accredited Sep 2017 · SANAS - ISO 15189

Kenya

Bungoma District Hospital Laboratory

Accredited Oct 2014 · KENAS - ISO 15189

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean Public Health Laboratory (CARPHA), Port of Spain

Accredited Nov 2018 · JANAAC - ISO15189

Nigeria

Center for Human Virology and Genomics

Accredited Aug 2017 · SANAS - ISO 15189

Zimbabwe

Cimas Harare Medical Laboratory

Accredited Sep 2014 · SADCAS - ISO 15189

Jamaica

Cornwall Regional Hospital Lab

Accredited May 2024 · JANAAC - ISO 15189

Kenya

EDARP Cardinal Otunga Laboratory 2

Accredited Sep 2016 · KENAS - ISO 15189

Vietnam

Hai Duong Prevention Medicine Center

Accredited Dec 2015 · BOA VN - ISO 17025

Bahamas

HIV National Reference Laboratory

Accredited Sep 2013 · CAP

Cameroon

National Early Infant Diagnostics Laboratory

Accredited Jul 2016 · SANAS - ISO 15189

Kenya

National HIV Reference Laboratory

Accredited Mar 2013 · KENAS - ISO 15189

National Public Health Laboratory Kingston Jamaica

Accredited Apr 2016 · JANAAC - ISO 15189

South Africa

NHLS Tshepong Laboratory

Accredited Dec 2016 · SANAS - ISO 15189

Botswana

Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital Laboratory

Accredited Dec 2014 · SADCAS - ISO 15189

Trinidad And Tobago

Pathology Lab, Port Of Spain General Hospital

Accredited Apr 2024 · JANAAC - ISO 15189

The Bahamas

Princess Margaret Hospital Lab

Accredited Aug 2016 · JANAAC - ISO 15189

Botswana

Princess Marina Hospital Laboratory

Accredited Jun 2015 · SADCAS - ISO 15189

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Laboratory Barbados

Accredited Jul 2016 · JANAAC - ISO 15189

Botswana

Sekgoma Memorial Hospital Laboratory

Accredited May 2015 · SADCAS - ISO 15189

Mozambique

TB and Immunology Laboratories

Accredited Apr 2016 · IPAC - ISO 15189