Table 2 Aggregated performance scores on 11 assessment modules for 28 laboratories, categorized by administrative level (provincial, prefecture, and county) and laboratory sector (Public Health - PH, and Clinical - CL), in Guangxi and Guizhou Provinces, China, 2014
From: Capacity assessment of the health laboratory system in two resource-limited provinces in China
Assessment modules | Average (%) | Provincial (%) | Prefecture (%) | County (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | PH | CL | All | PH | CL | All | PH | CL | ||
Average | 75.7 | 79.6 (13.5) | 81.5 (15.3) | 77.6 (17.3) | 77.8 (7.6) | 75.9 (5.3) | 79.8 (9.9) | 73.7 (14.6) | 72.8 (14.8) | 74.6 (15.5) |
Organization & management | 71.4 | 77.6 (12.4) | 74.3 (18.6) | 80.9 (8.4) | 74.7 (14.5) | 66.1 (5.8) | 83.3 (16.1) | 68.1 (18.3) | 67.5 (25.2) | 68.8 (8.9) |
Documents | 75.4 | 87.7 (20) | 97.7 (3.2) | 77.6 (27.9) | 83.6 (15.3) | 88.3 (9.4) | 78.9 (19.9) | 68.2 (27.8) | 74.1 (30.5) | 62.3 (25.4) |
Specimen collection, handling & transport | 85.3 | 80.4 (11.2) | 77.4 (15.2) | 83.4 (10.6) | 89.1 (6.2) | 87.1 (7.4) | 91 (5.1) | 84.6 (14) | 87 (10.7) | 82.3 (17.1) |
Data & information management | 81.6 | 75.8 (17) | 71.3 (24.7) | 80.3 (13.3) | 82.6 (12.3) | 82.2 (16.2) | 83 (9.6) | 82.6 (14.6) | 85.1 (14.9) | 80.1 (14.8) |
Consumables & reagents | 83.3 | 85.5 (12.4) | 85.4 (15.2) | 85.7 (15.2) | 83.8 (9.6) | 79.6 (7.1) | 88.1 (10.8) | 82.5 (15.7) | 80.3 (12.2) | 84.6 (19.2) |
Equipment | 87.6 | 84.5 (16.3) | 75 (20.5) | 94 (4.8) | 90.9 (11) | 89.5 (13.8) | 92.3 (9.4) | 86.8 (18.5) | 88.6 (14.1) | 84.9 (23) |
Laboratory testing performance | 71.3 | 70.7 (41.9) | 87.2 (2.7) | 54.3 (64.7) | 68.4 (22.6) | 64.9 (27.9) | 71.8 (19.5) | 72.9 (23.4) | 73.8 (24.9) | 72 (23.6) |
Facilities | 71.5 | 78.4 (22) | 70.5 (34.7) | 86.4 (0) | 75.1 (21.1) | 63.6 (24.5) | 86.5 (9.7) | 67.9 (18.9) | 69 (19.6) | 66.8 (19.6) |
Human resources | 79.5 | 88.8 (6.3) | 85 (7.1) | 92.5 (3.5) | 80 (16.3) | 68.8 (13.1) | 91.3 (10.3) | 76.9 (16.2) | 71.9 (14.6) | 81.9 (17.1) |
Biorisk management | 75.9 | 89.6 (10.9) | 87.1 (14.4) | 92.1 (11.2) | 81.1 (18.8) | 72.9 (23.2) | 89.3 (10.6) | 69.9 (29.9) | 57.5 (32.8) | 82.3 (22) |
Public health functions | 47.6 | 56 (40.7) | 85.1 (11.6) | 26.9 (38.1) | 46.8 (31.8) | 71.7 (17.7) | 21.9 (19.8) | 45.7 (27.8) | 46.5 (26.5) | 44.6 (32) |