The Planning and Organization of a Health Laboratory Services

Book : The Planning and Organization of a Health Laboratory Services

Language : English

Library : Social Phsician

Publish Place : Geneva

Volume : 491

Publish Date : 00 1972

Publisher : World Health Organization WHO

Book Type : Report

Book Number : 3565

INDEX


CONTENTS
1. General considerations
2. Development of health laboratory services in the last decade
2.1 General review.................
2.2 New technological developments..........
3. Place of the health laboratory service within the national health service ...........................
4. Functions and performance of a health laboratory service
4.1 Functions ....................... :
4.2 Level of performance ..................
5. Planning of the service and laboratory design..........
5.1 Planning of a health laboratory service...........
5.2 Design of laboratories..................
6. Organization and administration of a health laboratory service . . :
6.1 The director of the service................
6.2 The advisory committee.................
6.3 Laboratories at different levels ..............
7. Research activities......................
8. Training of staff ......................
8.1 Medical officer specialized in laboratory science.......
8.2 Scientific officer.....................
8.3 Technical staff.................... .
8.4 Continuous training of staff.................
8.5 Further information...................
9. International collaboration and the role of WHO........
10. Recommendations......................
Annex 1. Automation....................
Annex 2. Quality control....................
Annex 3. Resolution on minimum standards of training and equi­valence of qualifications of medical laboratory technicians . .
Annex 4. Further considerations concerning the training of health laboratory technicians.................