Effectiveness Of Laboratory Mentorship Practice And Associated Factor Among Public Health Laboratories In Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2020

Background: - Laboratory mentorship is proven effective tool in building capacity forrnlaboratories in establishing quality management systems, and accreditations. In Ethiopia,rnspecifically in Addis Ababa, only few governmental health institutions have goodrnStrengthening Laboratory Management towards Accreditation (SLMTA)scoring. Thus, tornincrease the number of accredited Medical Laboratories, identification of challenges andrnstrengthening the mentorship activities is crucial.rnObjective: To assess effectiveness of laboratory mentorship practice and associated factorsrnamong public health laboratories, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.rnMethods:Facility based cross sectional study was conducted by collecting a secondary andrnprimary data from selected government owned 62 health facility and 423 laboratoryrnprofessionals, from January 1 to October 30, 2020 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Simple randomrnsampling technique used to select study participant medical laboratories facilities and medicalrnlaboratory professionals. A structured questionnaire was employed during data collection.Therncollected data enter and analysis by SPSS version 20 statistical software. “Multivariablernlogistic regression” was used to determine factors associated to effectiveness of laboratoryrnmentorship practice.rnResult:From the total of 423 respondents,114of them (27%)stated that mentors werernavailable regularly and frequently per schedule.Besides 123 (29.1%)respondents said thatrnmentor spent more time with mentee during mentorship practice. During the studyrnperiods, among 62 health facilities on the follow up, majority48 (77.2%) of them had poorrnscore (≤ 2 SLMTA grade), and only 14 (22.5%)heath institution had good score (≥3rnSLMTA grade). Factors associated with poor mentorship practice includes, Lack ofrnexperience N=225/423 (53.2%), lack of accountability N=269/423 (63.6%)and lack of staffrncommitment N=272/423(64.3%), and all these factors had significant difference with P valuernof < 0.05.rnConclusion:The present study showed that majority of medical laboratories had poorrnmentee and mentor relationships, which was reflected by poor SLIPTA score.Main factorsrnaffected effective laboratory mentorship practice includes lack of staff commitment, lack ofrnexperience, and lack of accountability. Therefore all stakeholder give due attention tornestablish effective laboratory mentorship practice, in order to improve the quality of medicalrnlaboratory services, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Get Full Work

Report copyright infringement or plagiarism