Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Online Report
Global Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Equipment Management and Sustainability and Implications for Pandemic Preparedness Priorities1
Jennifer N. Lasley
, Emmanuel O. Appiah, Kazunobu Kojima, and Stuart D. Blacksell
, Emmanuel O. Appiah, Kazunobu Kojima, and Stuart D. Blacksell
Table 4
Key results from the Equipment Management and Sustainability Survey conducted by WOAH, 2019*
| Results |
|---|
| •A total of 136 (75%) of 182 WOAH Member Countries responded; detailed data were received from 223 veterinary laboratories in all 5 WOAH Regions, |
| •A total of 68,455 items of laboratory equipment were reported with an approximate value of 264.4 million €. |
| •Globally, 22% of the equipment reported was not properly maintained, and 46% was not correctly calibrated. |
| •Low-income countries had the smallest proportion of equipment but had the highest proportions of improperly maintained (74%) and calibrated (80%) equipment. |
| •Globally, competencies to maintain and calibrate equipment existed in-house for 18% of equipment and within one’s country for 74% of equipment. In Africa, competencies to maintain and calibrate equipment existed in-house for only 10% of equipment and within one’s country for 47% of equipment. |
| •Globally and for all laboratory equipment combined, 11% of equipment reported was out of service. |
| •Low-income countries estimated that 57% of their equipment was donated, followed by lower-middle (38%), upper-middle (22%) and high (1%) income countries. |
| •Full analysis available at https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-offer/emergency-and-resilience/sustainable-laboratories/laboratory-equipment-management-and-sustainability/ |
*WOAH, World Organisation for Animal Health.
1Preliminary results from this article were presented at the Africa Society for Laboratory Medicine Virtual Conference, November 16‒18, 2021.
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