Table 3.

Characteristics of malaria diagnostic laboratories by self-assessment and direct confirmation visits at 17 PHCs in four districts in Aceh, 2011

	Districts
Laboratory Components	Aceh Besar (n = 6)		Aceh Jaya (n = 3)		Aceh Timur (n = 6)		Sabang (n = 2)
	S	C	S	C	S	C	S	C
Working space
Facility and space	●	o	o	●	●	o	●	●
Limited access	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o
Clean and tidy room	●	●	o	●	●	●	●	●
Water supply	o	o	o	●	o	o	●	●
Electricity	o	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Equipment
Availability	o	o	o	o	o	o	●	o
Maintenance records	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o
Calibration	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	●
Storage	●	●	o	●	●	●	●	●
Supplies
Stock of supplies	o	●	o	●	o	●	o	●
Quality check	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o
Procurement	o	●	o	o	o	●	o	●
Laboratory
Efficient workflow	o	o	●	●	●	●	●	●
Register book	●	●	●	●	●	o	●	●
Information updated	o	o	o	●	●	o	●	●
SOP
Laboratory procedures	●	o	o	●	●	o	●	o
Manual for equipment	o	o	o	o	●	o	●	o
SOP’s location	o	●	o	o	o	o	●	o
Reflected current work	o	o	o	●	o	o	●	o
Annually reviewed	o	o	o	o	o	o	●	o
HR and Trainings
Microscopists	o	o	o	●	●	o	●	●
Refresher training	o	o	o	o	●	●	o	o
Training documents	o	o	o	o	o	o	●	o
Microscopy trainings	o	o	●	o	●	●	●	o
Collection and reporting
Slides archiving	o	o	o	●	●	●	●	●
Reporting	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Cross-checking	o	o	●	o	●	o	●	●
Safety
Sharp container	●	o	●	o	●	o	●	●
Laboratory coat	o	o	●	o	o	o	●	o
Handwash soap	●	o	o	o	o	o	●	●

S: Self-assessment C: Confirmatory-check

●: High adequacy; score ≥ 70 %

o: Less adequacy; score < 70 %