Effectiveness of Laboratory Mentorship Practice and Associated Factor among Public Health Laboratories, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020
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2020-12
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Addis Abeba University
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Background: - Laboratory mentorship is proven effective tool in building capacity for
laboratories in establishing quality management systems, and accreditations. In Ethiopia,
specifically in Addis Ababa, only few governmental health institutions have good
Strengthening Laboratory Management towards Accreditation (SLMTA)scoring. Thus, to
increase the number of accredited Medical Laboratories, identification of challenges and
strengthening the mentorship activities is crucial.
Objective: To assess effectiveness of laboratory mentorship practice and associated factors
among public health laboratories, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Methods:Facility based cross sectional study was conducted by collecting a secondary and
primary data from selected government owned 62 health facility and 423 laboratory
professionals, from January 1 to October 30, 2020 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Simple random
sampling technique used to select study participant medical laboratories facilities and medical
laboratory professionals. A structured questionnaire was employed during data collection.The
collected data enter and analysis by SPSS version 20 statistical software. “Multivariable
logistic regression” was used to determine factors associated to effectiveness of laboratory
mentorship practice.
Result:From the total of 423 respondents,114of them (27%)stated that mentors were
available regularly and frequently per schedule.Besides 123 (29.1%)respondents said that
mentor spent more time with mentee during mentorship practice. During the study
periods, among 62 health facilities on the follow up, majority48 (77.2%) of them had poor
score (≤ 2 SLMTA grade), and only 14 (22.5%)heath institution had good score (≥3
SLMTA grade). Factors associated with poor mentorship practice includes, Lack of
experience N=225/423 (53.2%), lack of accountability N=269/423 (63.6%)and lack of staff
commitment N=272/423(64.3%), and all these factors had significant difference with P value
of < 0.05.
Conclusion:The present study showed that majority of medical laboratories had poor
mentee and mentor relationships, which was reflected by poor SLIPTA score.Main factors
affected effective laboratory mentorship practice includes lack of staff commitment, lack of
experience, and lack of accountability. Therefore all stakeholder give due attention to
establish effective laboratory mentorship practice, in order to improve the quality of medical
laboratory services, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Laboratory mentorship, Quality management system, Accreditation