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HIV Drug Resistance Training. Module 17 Laboratory Staff Experience and Training. Objective. Identify strategies for ensuring you have the best people and then preparing those people to do their best. personnel. What qualifications should lab personnel in a genotyping lab have?
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HIV Drug Resistance Training Module 17 Laboratory Staff Experience and Training
Objective • Identify strategies for ensuring you have the best people and then preparing those people to do their best.
personnel What qualifications should lab personnel in a genotyping lab have? What type of training is recommended for genotyping personnel?
Personnel Human resource planning Hiring Retention Training Supervision Performance management
Laboratory Personnel: Training/Proficiency Genotyping Technique Training
Laboratory Personnel: Training/Proficiency • Annual re-certification recommended for all personnel • Blinded panel of known samples • May be same as EQA proficiency testing Photo: http://www.afrims.org/trainings.html
Laboratory Personnel: Supervision • Base-calling involving mixtures – always have second person review edits • In-process controls when results are unclear • Sample identity questions • Assessment of quality indicators (e.g. phylogenetic trees, number of mixtures, etc.) Photo: http://www.afrims.org/trainings.html
Discussion • What qualifications should lab personnel in a genotyping lab have? • What type of training is recommended for genotyping personnel?
Reflection • What will our minimum and desired qualification be? • What systems will we put in place to make sure our staff are adequately prepared to do genotyping? • Training • Proficiency testing • Supervision