SOP â Malaria Microscopy - NVBDCP
SOP â Malaria Microscopy - NVBDCP
SOP â Malaria Microscopy - NVBDCP
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Quality Assurance of <strong>Malaria</strong> Diagnostic testsNATIONAL VECTOR BORNE DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMME (<strong>NVBDCP</strong>)STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR QA<strong>SOP</strong> TitleSUPERVISION FOR ENSURING COMPETENCY ANDPERFORMANCE OF LABORATORY TECHNICIANS<strong>SOP</strong> No. <strong>SOP</strong>: M 08 Revision No. 0.0 Effective Date Dec. 2007Replacement No Dated Page No.Next Review onMaximum 2 years from “effective date”8.8.1 Purpose<strong>SOP</strong>: M 08- SUPERVISION FOR ENSURING COMPETENCYAND PERFORMANCE OF LABORATORY TECHNICIANSThis <strong>SOP</strong> describes the need for supervision in malaria microscopy and the different waysto accomplish it.8.8.2 PrincipleThere has to be a minimum level of competency and performance that should be achievedat the four levels of a national QA programme. The actual levels within a programme willvary according to the programme needs and the resources available.8.8.3 Need for supervisionSupervision is necessary for a number of reasons as given below:• to confirm that the LTs are doing their jobs according to their training.• to enable them to make minor but necessary corrections to their work as per the localrequirement.• to assess whether they need re-orientation training or whether their performance issatisfactory.• to enable the superiors to find whether the performance of the LT is being affecteddue to faulty equipment or poor quality of logistics supplied.• to provide a good opportunity to LTs to discuss with the supervisor any difficultiesthey may be having which could be rectified locally.8.8.4 Types of supervisionThere are two basic types of supervision – direct and indirect.8.8.4.1 Direct supervisionIn direct supervision, the supervisor is in constant touch with the LT over a period of time.The supervisor is able to see the work place of the LT, how he/she performs. The LTs havethe opportunity to discuss important aspects of work and any problem faced by them andthis is helpful to both the supervisor and the assessee. LT should take corrective measures,locally.<strong>SOP</strong> – <strong>Malaria</strong> <strong>Microscopy</strong>© Copyright to Dte. <strong>NVBDCP</strong> Only. Any modification are prohibited
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