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Standard Operating Procedures: Presented by DR Mehwish Imam

The document outlines the importance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in quality assurance for laboratory practices, emphasizing their role in maintaining service quality and consistency in test performance. It details the necessary components for preparing SOPs, including the need for regular updates and staff training. Additionally, it highlights the significance of external quality assessment (EQA) in evaluating laboratory standards.

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Standard Operating Procedures: Presented by DR Mehwish Imam

The document outlines the importance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in quality assurance for laboratory practices, emphasizing their role in maintaining service quality and consistency in test performance. It details the necessary components for preparing SOPs, including the need for regular updates and staff training. Additionally, it highlights the significance of external quality assessment (EQA) in evaluating laboratory standards.

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STANDARD

OPERATING
PROCEDURES
Presented By ; Dr Mehwish Imam
Quality assurance
Implementation;
■ QA is an essential requirement of district laborator practice.
Implementing QA requires:
■ Preparation and use of Standard Operatin Proceduress (SOPs) with
details of QC for all laboratory tests and activities.
■ System for monitoring whether test results arereaching those treating
patients at an early enough stage to influence clinical and public
health decision making.
■ Policies of work, i.e. decisions that are taken inconsultation with
medical and nursing staff to enable a laboratory to operate reliably,
effectively, and in harmony with the other departments of a hospital
or units of a health centre. Such policies should cove
Why SOPs are needed
( IMPORTANCE)
■ To improve and maintain the quality of laboratory service to patients and
identify problems associated with poor work performance.o provide laboratory
staff with written instructions on how to perform tests consistently to
anacceptable standard in their laboratory

■ To prevent changes in the performance of tests which may occur when new
members of staff are appointed. SOPs also help to avoid short-cutsbeing taken
when performing tests.

■ To make clinical and epidemiological interpretations of test results easier by


standardizingspecimen collecting techniques, test methods,and test reporting.
Continued

■ To provide written standardized techniques foruse in the training of


laboratory personnel andfor potential publication in scientific journals.

■ To facilitate the preparation of a list and inventoryof essential


reagents, chemicals and equipment.

■ To promote safe laboratory practice.


PREPARING OF SOPs

SOPs must be written and implemented by a quali-fied experienced


laboratory officer, and followedexactly by all members of staff.
■ For each SOP it is best to follow a similar format withthe information
presented under separate headings.
■ Each SOP must be given a title and identificationnumber, and be
dated and signed by an authorizedperson.
■ A list of staff able to perform the test (unsupervize andd supervized)
should be identified in the SOP.
■ There should also be an indication of the cost of the test.
Important to note ;

■ SOPs must be kept up to date and reviewed at least annually. Any


amendments mus bee authorized, referenced, dated, signed, an
broughtt to the attention of all members of staff.
■ Users of the laboratory must also receive written amendments to
SOPs when these involve change inn the ordering of tests, the
collection of specimensand the reporting of tests. No new test should
be introduced without SOP
EQA ( EXTERNAL QUALITY
ASSESMENT)
■ objective system of assessing a laboratory’s ability to do this to a
satisfactory standard is recommended, i.e. an external quality
assessment (EQA)
• Assignment Topics

Defination of Internal control


and external control in
laboratory.

Sources of errors in laboratory


practice

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