Efectividad de la formación de técnicos de laboratorio para la baciloscopia cutánea y nasal en una institución para la investigación de la lepra en India / No disponible

Durante 2 días, un total de 155 técnicos de laboratorio empleados en distintos laboratorios públicos del gobierno de Tamil Nadu, India, con una experiencia entre 3-25 años, se formaron en la técnica de toma de muestras cutáneas y nasales en el Centro de Enseñanza e Investigación de Chengalpattu entre 2013 y 2014. El objetivo de la formación era centrar su atención en las técnicas de frotis cutáneo y nasal. La formación consistió en demostraciones directas in vivo y formación práctica, evaluación y clasificación de las muestras. Se llevó a cabo una evaluación pre y post formación de cada uno de los participantes. La efectividad de la formación se analizó y había una significativa evidencia (P = 0.004) de que la formación mejor. el conocimiento de los participantes. De promedio, el nivel de conocimientos se incrementó en 10 puntos

A total number of 155 Laboratory Technicians working for the Government of Tamil Nadu, India having an experience of 3 to 25 years in various Public Health Laboratories of the state were deputed to undergo 2 days’ orientation training programme on skin smear and nasal smear techniques at the Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Chengalpattu in 2013–2014. The aim of the orientation training was to focus their attention on quality skin smear and nasal smear techniques reported by Laboratory Technicians working in various public health laboratories of the state. The training was conducted through live hands-on demonstration, practical performance of trainees and module reading. Pre- and post assessment was carried out for every Laboratory Technician trainee. The effectiveness of this training was analysed and showed that there was strong evidence (P .0.004) that the teaching intervention improves the knowledge of the trainees. On average the level of knowledge improved by approximately 10 points

[Performance assessment employing slide sets: A tool for the classification of senior microscopists from Colombia´s Malaria Control Program]. / Evaluación del desempeño mediante paneles de láminas: una herramienta para la clasificación de los microscopistas sénior del Programa de Control de la Malaria en Colombia.

INTRODUCTION: One of the most important activities for quality assurance of malaria diagnosis is performance assessment. In Colombia, performance assessment of malaria microscopists has been done through the external performance assessment and indirect external performance assessment programs. OBJECTIVES: To assess the performance of malaria microscopists of public reference laboratories using slide sets, and to describe the methodology used for this purpose. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective study to evaluate the concordance of senior microscopists regarding parasite detection, species identification and parasite count based on the results of the assessment of competences using two sets, one comprising 40 slides, and another one with 17 slides. RESULTS: The concordance for parasite detection was 96.9% (95% CI: 96.0-97.5) and 88.7% (95% CI: 86.6-90.5) for species identification. The average percentage of concordant slides in the group evaluated was 89.7% (95% CI: 87.5-91.6). CONCLUSIONS: Most of the senior microscopists in Colombia were classified in the two top categories in the performance assessment using slide sets. The most common difficulty encountered was the identification of parasite species. The use of this tool to assess individual performance of microscopists in the evaluation of samples with different degrees of difficulty allows for characterizing the members of the malaria diagnosis network and strengthening the abilities of those who require it.

Programa de apoyo a la actividad epidemiológica y formación de recursos humanos en medicina preventiva y laboratorio: departamento regional de epidemiología centro de salud piloto / sss

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