The Stronger Together public-private partnership between Siemens Healthineers and PEPFAR is institutionalising quality improvement via a free e-platform, PEPconnect, through this library of 48 videos (with a total viewing time of 14.5 hours) that capture the lectures from the 9-day classroom-based Quality Control and Method Validation course.

The course is designed to enable the participants to:

• Select new methods and instruments with performance specifications that relate to “the intended use” of the procedure (ISO15189:5.5)
• Introduce new methods and instruments into laboratories by properly evaluating the procedures for “the intended use” (ISO15189: 5.5.2)
• Design a robust internal QC program for all your tests (ISO15189: 5.6.2.1)
• Assess on-going laboratory’s accuracy through External Quality Assessment Schemes (EQAS) (ISO15189: 5.6.3)
• Step down this training in country aided by a video library accessible on Siemens PEPconnect