Maintaining laboratory quality assurance and safety in a pandemic: Experiences from the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme laboratory’s COVID-19 response

Autor: Horace Gumba, Perpetual Wanjiku, S J Mwangi, Clement Lewa, Agnes Mutiso, O Kai, W Gumbi, S Njuguna, John N. Gitonga, Donwilliams O. Omuoyo, Patience K. Kiyuka, Charles N. Agoti, D Riako, F Mitsanze, Salim Mwarumba, Amek Nyaguara, K Said Mohammed, Y Sein, Domtila Kimani, Z R de Laurent, Daisy Mugo, Edward Otieno, Lydia Nyamako, Lynette Isabella Ochola-Oyier, Jennifer N. Musyoki, B M Gichuki, Victor Osoti, A Mwakubia, B Tawa, A Mwanzu, Elijah Gicheru, M Rono, W Cheruiyot, Angela Karani, Metrine Tendwa, K Ominde, Johnstone Makale, Caroline Ngetsa, Boniface Karia, John M. Morobe, M Opiyo, M Mosobo, David Amadi, Martin Mutunga, W Nyamu, Benjamin Tsofa, N Ouma, Philip Bejon, Arnold W. Lambisia, Jedidah Mwacharo, Shadrack Mutua, Robinson Cheruiyot, Calleb Odundo, B Bartilol, J Thoya

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Laboratory diagnosis plays a critical role in the containment of a pandemic. Strong laboratory quality management systems (QMS) are essential for laboratory diagnostic services. However, low laboratory capacities in resource-limited countries has mad

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Pooled testing conserves SARS-CoV-2 laboratory resources and improves test turn-around time: experience on the Kenyan Coast.

Autor: Agoti CN; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya.; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya., Mutunga M; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Lambisia AW; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Kimani D; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Cheruiyot R; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Kiyuka P; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Lewa C; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Gicheru E; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Tendwa M; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Said Mohammed K; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Osoti V; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Makale J; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Tawa B; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Odundo C; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Cheruiyot W; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Nyamu W; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Gumbi W; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Mwacharo J; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Nyamako L; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Otieno E; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Amadi D; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Thoya J; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Karani A; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Mugo D; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Musyoki J; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Gumba H; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Mwarumba S; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., M Gichuki B; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Njuguna S; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Riako D; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Mutua S; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Gitonga JN; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Sein Y; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Bartilol B; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Mwangi SJ; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., O Omuoyo D; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., M Morobe J; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., de Laurent ZR; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya., Bejon P; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya.; 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Publikováno v: Wellcome open research [Wellcome Open Res] 2021 Feb 03; Vol. 5, pp. 186. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 03 (Print Publication: 2020).