El documento ayudará a los países a identificar las áreas de necesidades y determinar cómo se puede reforzar la red de entomología, especialmente en el contexto de un sistema de salud descentralizado. Las recomendaciones también tienen en cuenta los diferentes grados de desarrollo y las difere...ntes investigaciones entomológicas necesarias para dar soporte a las acciones de prevención y control de las enfermedades.
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El Ministerio de Salud de manera articulada con el Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS) presenta la lista de laboratorios a nivel nacional que realizan la prueba molecular SARS-CoV-2 para la detección o descarte de la COVID-19. Los ...ute-to-highlight medbox">laboratorios son: Laboratorios Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS), Laboratorios Referenciales DIRESAS/GERESAS/DIRIS, Laboratorios Institutos / Hospitales Minsa, Laboratorios Hospitales Fuerzas Armadas, Laboratorios Hospitales ESSALUD, Laboratorios Universidad, Laboratorios Privados
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Countries who have no testing capacity and national COVID-19 laboratories with limited experience on COVID-19 virus testing are encouraged to send the first five positives and the first ten negative COVID-19 samples to WHO reference ...ribute-to-highlight medbox">laboratories providing confirmatory testing for COVID-19.
Updates 29 April 2020
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Ciudad de México, México - mayo 23 y 24, 2014
Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Research Network | This document contains detail procedures on sample collection, transport, isolation, identification of fungi for the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections and antifungal susceptibility testing of yeast
User Guide.
This Laboratory Assessment Tool (LAT) is specifically designed to assess capacities of existing laboratories which have implemented or aim to implement SARS-CoV-2 testing. It addresses both core capacities of a laboratory and specifici...ties related to SARS-CoV-2 testing. It is a focused and shorter version from the existing complete laboratory assessment tool that can be found at https://www.who.int/ihr/publications/laboratory_tool/en/
The target audience is any stakeholder performing laboratory assessments such as national health authorities, multilateral agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and laboratory managers. Assessors can use the tool, and customized if needed, to meet local requirements or assessment context. This tool is an Excel file, which enables automatic calculations of module indicators.
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/laboratory-assessment-tool-for-laboratories-implementing-covid-19-virus-testing
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Interim Guidance 31 march 2020
WHO has established a shipment mechanism to expedite and cover the costs of the shipment of clinical samples from patients with suspected COVID-19 from the country of collection to one of the WHO reference laboratories...> providing confirmatory molecular testing for COVID-19. This document explains the process and documentation required for shipment of specimens.
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Please download from the webiste: Large File 24,4 MB!
This online training is based on the Global Laboratory Initiative’s “Guide for providing technical support to TB laboratories in low- and middle-income countries”. This guide is intended to familiarize those who are providing technical assista...nce to TB laboratories in low- and middle-income countries with WHO recommendations and international best practices.
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Norman Bhagwan, New Dehli
Dated 21st March, 2020