SOP – Malaria Microscopy - NVBDCP

Quality Assurance of Malaria Diagnostic tests• Team members at Medical College set upDepartment of Microbiology and/or Pathology - HOD and his/her identified laboratory staff forQA8.7.4 Setting standards and targets for EQAS8.7.4.1 Slide bank and its role in EQAS• preparation of QC panel slides to conduct EQA as mentioned in SOP : M 6• maintenance of these slides in the slide bank• in the current QA programme, the slide bank is located at the NIMR,Delhi• NIMR would be conducting EQAS of the Regional ReferenceLaboratories (ROH & FWs/ZMO and NIMR Field Stations)• NIMR would send the EQA panel slides to the ROH & FWs in the set of 5: 2Pf, 1Pv, 1 mixed (Pf and Pv) and 1 negative• each ROH & FW would receive 50 such sets every year8.7.4.2 Steps of EQAS8.7.4.2.1 At National Reference Laboratory (NRL) : (NIMR)Twenty coded positive or negative blood smears along with the proformae properly packed(form 10) will be sent by post to Regional Referral Laboratories (ROH&FWs and NIMR fieldstations), every 6 months.8.7.4.2.2 At Regional Reference Laboratory (RRL) : ( ROH & FWs)Pack 20 coded positive P. falciparum, P. vivax and mixed infection with different parasitedensity and negative blood smears (see SOP m6:6.3 for more details) along with proformae(form 10) will be properly packed and sent by post to PHC level laboratory, every 6 monthsfor external quality assessment.Though both the ROH&FWS and NIMR field stations are involved in cross checking of bloodsmears, for this activity only ROH & FWs would be given the responsibility. The NRL (NIMR,Delhi) would be sending the EQAS panel slides to the ROH & FWs. The ROH & FWs wouldbe sending these slides to the PHCs either directly in the States under their jurisdiction orthrough ZMO. The PHCs would send the results to the ROH & FWs in time, who will compileall the reports and send quarterly to the NIMR, Delhi, where the designated official willdecode, assess and compare these results and send the report to the Dte. of NVBDCP witha copy endorsed to respective RRL.8.7.4.2.3 At PHC laboratorySlides are to be examined at the earliest by the Lab. technician, proforma duly filled, countersigned by the medical officer and sent back to respective ROH & FWs for analysis and feedback.8.7.4.3 Analysis of results and problemsSOP – Malaria Microscopy© Copyright to Dte. NVBDCP Only. Any modification are prohibited