TABLE 3.
Summary of audit results at baseline, mid-term, and exit of the Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA) programme, Kenya 2010.
| Laboratory | Audit Scores† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline audit |
Mid-term audit |
Exit audit |
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| Score (%) | Star rating | Score (%) | Star rating | Score (%) | Star rating | |
| Twinned | ||||||
| Nyanza | 44 | 0 | 85 | 3 | 90 | 4 |
| Nakuru | 35 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 73 | 2 |
| Kakamega | 29 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 78 | 3 |
| Mean | 36 | - | 68 | - | 80 | - |
| Median | 35 | - | 67 | - | 78 | - |
| Non-twinned | ||||||
| Embu | 31 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 64 | 1 |
| Coast | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 59 | 1 |
| Mbagathi | 32 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 74 | 2 |
| Garissa | 16 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 65 | 1 |
| Nyeri | 33 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 79 | 3 |
| Mean | 30 | - | 40 | - | 68 | - |
| Median | 32 | - | 38 | - | 65 | - |
†
Based on the Stepwise Laboratory Quality Improvement Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA) checklist.