Resources

WHO POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS & SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

TRAINING PACKAGES

MANUALS, GUIDELINES & TOOLS

TB laboratory technical support guide

• Guide for providing technical support to TB laboratories in low- and middle-income countries

MANUALS

• Mycobacteriology Laboratory manual

LABORATORY STRATEGIC PLANNING

• Laboratory Strategic Handbook
• Laboratory Strategic Handbook_ Facilitators Manual
• Laboratory Strategic Handbook_ Participants Manual

LABORATORY ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

• Laboratory Services in Tuberculosis Control; (WHO/TB/98.258)
• The Public Health Service National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory and the National Laboratory Network. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 1998
• Guidance for countries on the specifications for managing TB laboratory equipments and supplies (WHO/HTM/TB/2011.19)
• The WHO Laboratory Assessment Tool and its annexes (English, French, Russian, and Spanish)

Related links

• Definitions and reporting framework for tuberculosis - 2013 revision (WHO/HTM/TB/2013.2)
• Laboratory Tools - TBCARE I

TB LABORATORY ACCREDITATION

• TB Microscopy Network Accreditation - An Assessment Tool

Learn more: GLI Stepwise approach towards TB Laboratory Accreditation

BIOSAFETY

• WHO Guidance on regulations for the Transport of Infectious Substances, 2013 - 2014 (WHO/HSE/GCR/2012.12)
• TB Laboratory Biosafety Manual
  (English, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)
• Laboratory Biosafety Manual, Third Edition
• Ventilated Workstation Manual for AFB Smear Microscopy

TB LABORATORY PROCEDURES

• TB Sputum Microscopy - The Handbook

Related links

• Laboratory Tools - TBCARE I

PLANNING AND BUDGETING TOOLS

• Planning and budgeting for TB control activities

PARTNER'S AND LABORATORY RESOURCE'S LINKS

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