Feasibility Of Establishing A Biosafety Level 3 Tuberculosis Culture Laboratory Of Acceptable Quality Standards In A Resource-Limited Setting: An Experience From Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorSsengooba, Willy
dc.contributor.authorGelderbloem, Sebastian J.
dc.contributor.authorMboowa, Gerald
dc.contributor.authorWajja, Anne
dc.contributor.authorNamaganda, Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorMusoke, Philippa
dc.contributor.authorKizza, Harriet Mayanja
dc.contributor.authorJoloba, Moses Lutaakome
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-29T11:18:47Z
dc.date.available2022-01-29T11:18:47Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractDespite the recent innovations in tuberculosis (TB) and multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) diagnosis, culture remains vital for difficult-to-diagnose patients, baseline and end-point determination for novel vaccines and drug trials. Herein, we share our experience of establishing a BSL-3 culture facility in Uganda as well as 3-years performance indicators and post-TB vaccine trials (pioneer) and funding experience of sustaining such a facility.Between September 2008 and April 2009, the laboratory was set-up with financial support from external partners. After an initial procedure validation phase in parallel with the National TB Reference Laboratory (NTRL) and legal approvals, the laboratory registered for external quality assessment (EQA) from the NTRL, WHO, National Health Laboratories Services (NHLS), and the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The laboratory also instituted a functional quality management system (QMS). Pioneer funding ended in 2012 and the laboratory remained in self-sustainability mode.The laboratory achieved internationally acceptable standards in both structural and biosafety requirements. Of the 14 patient samples analyzed in the procedural validation phase, agreement for all tests with NTRL was 90% (P <0.01). It started full operations in October 2009 performing smear microscopy, culture, identification, and drug susceptibility testing (DST). The annual culture workload was 7,636, 10,242, and 2,712 inoculations for the years 2010, 2011, and 2012, respectively. Other performance indicators of TB culture laboratories were also monitored. Scores from EQA panels included smear microscopy >80% in all years from NTRL, CAP, and NHLS, and culture was 100% for CAP panels and above regional average scores for all years with NHLS. Quarterly DST scores from WHO-EQA ranged from 78% to 100% in 2010, 80% to 100% in 2011, and 90 to 100% in 2012.From our experience, it is feasible to set-up a BSL-3 TB culture laboratory with acceptable quality performance standards in resource-limited countries. With the demonstrated quality of work, the laboratory attracted more research groups and post-pioneer funding, which helped to ensure sustainability. The high skilled experts in this research laboratory also continue to provide an excellent resource for the needed national discussion of the laboratory and quality management systems.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSsengooba, W., Gelderbloem, S. J., Mboowa, G., Wajja, A., Namaganda, C., Musoke, P., ... & Joloba, M. L. (2015). Feasibility of establishing a biosafety level 3 tuberculosis culture laboratory of acceptable quality standards in a resource-limited setting: an experience from Uganda. Health research policy and systems, 13(1), 1-10.https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-13-4en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1604
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHealth research policy and systemsen_US
dc.subjectAcceptable quality standards; Biosafety level 3; Feasibility; Resource limited countries; TB cultureen_US
dc.titleFeasibility Of Establishing A Biosafety Level 3 Tuberculosis Culture Laboratory Of Acceptable Quality Standards In A Resource-Limited Setting: An Experience From Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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