Table 1.

Staffing levels and staff mix across different levels of service delivery

Cadre	Facility level
	HCIII = 57	HC IV = 18	Hospital = 19	RRH = 6
	Norm/filled (%)	Norm/filled (%)	Norm/filled (%)	Norm/filled (%)
Laboratory scientific officer	…-/0	…-/0	…-/9	…-/3
Laboratory technologists	…0/11	…0/2	38/14(36.8)	24/10(41.7)
Laboratory technician	57/37(64.9)	18/23(127.8)	38/27(71.1)	18/27(150.0)
Laboratory assistants	57/55(96.5)	18/32(177.8)	19/47(247.4)	12/24(200.0)
Laboratory attendants	…-/ 14	…-/ 2	…-/ 8	…-/ 0
Microscopists	...-/6	…-/3	…-/4	…-/0
Janitors (cleaning staff)	…-/74	…-/23	…-/29	…-/7
Total (lab technician, assistant and technologist)	114/103(90.4)	36/57(158.3)	95/88(92.6)	54/61(113.0)

Staffing norms [15]… - Staffing norm not yet set at national level