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. 2019 Dec 5;12:989–1005. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S228951

Table 5.

Findings for Mentorship for Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLAMTA)

Study ID Mentorship Intervention Results
Hiwotu 201428 Three workshops followed by site mentorship A 15-percentage point average increase in SLIPTA audits score.
Mothabeng 201229 One follow-up visit a week (a total of 12 visits) over 9 months

  • At baseline, 24/25 laboratory attained a rating of zero stars, with the exception attaining one star.

  • At the final assessment, 7/25 laboratories were still at a rating of zero stars, 8/25 attained one star, 5/25 attained two stars and 4/25 attained three stars.
Maruta 201230 Embedded mentor worked as an experienced peer and provided a total of 10 weeks of full time, on-site mentorship Significant improvement in quality as measured by WHO AFRO Laboratory Accreditation Checklist.
Nkwawir 201432 Structured peer-to-peer, side-by-side mentorship approach by mentors staying at site Performance progressed from 18% (zero stars) at baseline, to 85% (four stars) in an interim audit 8 month after completion of the three workshops, but then dropped to 67% (two stars) at the exit audit seven months late
Makokha 201449 Pairing three laboratories, with nearby accredited research laboratories to provide institutional mentorship and standard mentorship At exit, twinned laboratories had increased an average 12 additional percentage points (44 total), non-twinned laboratories increased an average of 28 additional percentage points (38 total) as measure by (SLIPTA) audit.
Nzombe 201433

  1. Model 1 (mentorship by the laboratory manager),

  2. Model 2 (once a week monthly mentorship by national quality assurance program),

  3. Model 3 (cyclical embedded mentorship after SLMTA where the national quality assurance was embedded in the laboratory for 6 weeks, away for eight weeks and back for another 4 weeks) and

  4. Model four (cyclical embedded mentorship incorporated with SLMTA)

 Significant improvement in quality as measured by WHO AFRO Laboratory Accreditation Checklist

Abbreviations: SLMTA, Strengthening Laboratory Management towards Accreditation.