CLINICAL LABORATORY
SUPPORT
Situation analysis
The laboratory
directorate
supervises the
public health
laboratory and the
food analysis
laboratories in
Amman, Aqaba and
Irbid. The public
health laboratory is
the reference
laboratory in the
country and provides
services for
laboratory analysis
for samples from
clinicians and
public health
doctors.
The food quality
control laboratories
carries out the
responsibility of
analyzing samples of
imported food and
samples of the local
market in order to
determine fitness
for human
consumption.
One of the
priorities of the
MOH is to upgrade
the level of
performance of these
laboratories by
training and through
updating laboratory
equipments and
providing them with
a new technology
especially in the
virology and
bacteriology fields.
laboratories.
Objectives
To upgrade the
performance of the
laboratory services
in the field of
microbiology
Priorities
-
Training public
health
laboratory
personnel in
laboratory
diagnosis.
-
Training in
biotechnology
and equipment
maintenance.
Performance
indicators
Competence in
microbiological
laboratory diagnosis
