Table 3 Characteristics of malaria diagnostic laboratories by self-assessment and direct confirmation visits at 17 PHCs in four districts in Aceh, 2011

Working space

  Facility and space

●

o

o

●

●

o

●

●

  Limited access

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

  Clean and tidy room

●

●

o

●

●

●

●

●

  Water supply

o

o

o

●

o

o

●

●

  Electricity

o

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

Equipment

  Availability

o

o

o

o

o

o

●

o

  Maintenance records

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

  Calibration

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

●

  Storage

●

●

o

●

●

●

●

●

  Supplies

  Stock of supplies

o

●

o

●

o

●

o

●

  Quality check

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

  Procurement

o

●

o

o

o

●

o

●

Laboratory

  Efficient workflow

o

o

●

●

●

●

●

●

  Register book

●

●

●

●

●

o

●

●

  Information updated

o

o

o

●

●

o

●

●

  SOP

  Laboratory procedures

●

o

o

●

●

o

●

o

  Manual for equipment

o

o

o

o

●

o

●

o

  SOP’s location

o

●

o

o

o

o

●

o

  Reflected current work

o

o

o

●

o

o

●

o

  Annually reviewed

o

o

o

o

o

o

●

o

HR and Trainings

  Microscopists

o

o

o

●

●

o

●

●

  Refresher training

o

o

o

o

●

●

o

o

  Training documents

o

o

o

o

o

o

●

o

  Microscopy trainings

o

o

●

o

●

●

●

o

Collection and reporting

  Slides archiving

o

o

o

●

●

●

●

●

  Reporting

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

  Cross-checking

o

o

●

o

●

o

●

●

Safety

  Sharp container

●

o

●

o

●

o

●

●

  Laboratory coat

o

o

●

o

o

o

●

o

  Handwash soap

●

o

o

o

o

o

●

●