NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY

ISO 15189:2012 ACCREDITED

Quality Assurance

Our laboratory is accredited under IEC/ISO 15189:2012 Medical laboratories requirements for quality and competence by SADCAS in 2014. NPHL has been tasked by Ministry of Health (MOH) to oversee all laboratory functions in Tanzania. We offer the following services:

External Quality Assessment (EQA)

We prepare and distribute Proficiency Testing materials to other laboratories in Tanzania that includes

Dried tube specimens for HIV(DTS)
Blood smears for Microscopy
Bacteriology gram stain, Culture and Sensitivity Microbiology
HIV Early Infant Diagnosis
Hepatitis B surface antigen rapid test
Hepatitis C Virus rapid test
Syphilis rapid test
Full blood picture
CD4 test

We are coordinating the distribution of Proficiency Testing (PT) materials that are produced by other PT providers inside and outside the country. Our collaborators (PT providers) in Proficiency testing are such as:

QASI
GeneXpert

We are planning to expand scope of PT provision in

Clinical Chemistry

Inter laboratory comparison

We are participating in inter laboratory comparison with several laboratories in country to improve the quality of patient results

Supportive supervision and mentorship

We have trained and competent staff in different disciplines who are also mentors (local and International) in different expertise that includes: Quality Management System, Safety, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Laboratory Information Systems, Parasitology, Serology, surveillance, etc.

Post market surveillance and Quality check

Post market surveillance

For the equipment and reagents already in the market, in collaboration with PHLB/TMDA we are checking their performance if they are still giving an accurate results

Quality check

Quality check is done by checking performance of equipment or reagent before being put into use using set criteria and standards. Team of committed staff at our laboratory is collaborating with Private Health Laboratory Board (PHLB), Tanzania Medicine and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA), Equipment vendors and suppliers to ensure all equipment meets set criteria