%0 Journal Article %T Implementation of the laboratory quality management system (ISO 15189): Experience from Bugando Medical Centre Clinical Laboratory ¨C Mwanza, Tanzania %A Benjamin Majaliwa %A Charles Massambu %A Christa Kasang %A Dickson Majige %A Henrico Shimba %A Kahima Jackson %A Lisa Gerwing-Adima %A Medard Beyanga %A Michael Mwasegaka %A Patrick Mateta %A Simon Ezekiel %A Wilson Mtotela %J Archive of "African Journal of Laboratory Medicine". %D 2018 %R 10.4102/ajlm.v7i1.657 %X Use of laboratory evidence-based patient health care in Tanzania remains a complex problem, as with many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa. As at 2010, 39 African countries, including Tanzania, had no clinical laboratories that met the minimum requirements for international laboratory standards (International Organization for Standardization [ISO] 15189) %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6111386/