SOP – Malaria Microscopy - NVBDCP

Quality Assurance of Malaria Diagnostic testsevery PHC at least once a month. It is also envisaged that based on the results of theEQA, staff from the higher level laboratories will visit the peripheral laboratoriesperiodically to correct faults, check on the IQC and identify training and retrainingneeds. Supervision reports will be sent to the laboratories concerned and the NRL (fordetails see SOP: M 08)4.5.4.3 EvaluationSimple QIs listed below would be defined for monitoring by Nodal agencies in orderto assess whether the standards laid down are being met.Some of the proposed QIs would be - the number of laboratories:• following IQC procedures• reporting results within the turnaround time• obtaining correct results• participating in EQAS• implementation of corrective actionThis can be done in a number of ways, e.g.• seeking the views of the competent authority and/or quality assurance teamof the referral laboratories,• collecting data on the quality indicators for laboratory functioning (whether thelaboratory is meeting the required standards)• instituting remedial actions which are necessary to improve the service.In addition to IQC Standards, laboratories should be encouraged to engage in EQAS,sending batches of specimens for checking and comparison with designatedReference Laboratories of the medical colleges. Once the problems with quality inthe laboratory service have been identified, the QA team should engage in theanalysis of the problems and develop solutions. When a particular solution has beenagreed, an Action Plan should be drawn up that identifies the action required toimplement the chosen solution and clearly assigns responsibility for carrying outthose actions in consultation with the RRLs and QA division of the Dte. of NVBDCP.The Action Plan should indicate a timetable for implementation and sets out themonitoring process that checks that the actions are being implemented.After a sufficient period of time, post Quality Assurance scheme implementation, theQuality indicators would be measured to evaluate the success of the Action Plan byan expert team from national/regional/state team identified by the Dte. of NVBDCP.4.5.5 Evaluating the quality improvements-This can be done in a number of ways, e.g. seeking the views of the competentauthority and/or QA team of the referral laboratories, collecting data on the qualityindicators for laboratory functioning (whether the laboratory is meeting the requiredstandards) and remedial actions which are necessary to improve the service..4.6 Establishment of a supply chainSOP – Malaria Microscopy© Copyright to Dte. NVBDCP Only. Any modification are prohibited