For laboratories conducting antimalarial drug assays, WWARN initiated a Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) programme with two major components:
- A proficiency testing programme sending blinded QC samples to participating laboratories.
- A reference material programme for the provision of small quantities of reference standards, including drug standards, reference metabolite standards, and appropriate internal standards to participating laboratories.
The Pharmacology QA/QC programme is directed by Prof Niklas Lindegardh. For additional information, read through our QA/QC brochure and our recent Malaria Journal article, or contact QAQC@wwarn.org.
Participating laboratories include:
Australian Army Malaria Institute
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Research Unit (MORU)
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Malaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit at Pasteur Institute of Cambodia
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)
Parasitology Laboratory of Institut Pasteur de la Guyane
Khun Pak using the Sartorius Ultra Micro Balance to weigh antimalarial compounds accurately to the 4th decimal of a milligram
Take a photo tour of the QA/QC laboratory in Bangkok, Thailand.
