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Table 1 Staffing levels and staff mix across different levels of service delivery

From: Uganda’s laboratory human resource in the era of global health initiatives: experiences, constraints and opportunities—an assessment of 100 facilities

Cadre

Facility level

HCIII = 57

HC IV = 18

Hospital = 19

RRH = 6

Norm/filled (%)

Norm/filled (%)

Norm/filled (%)

Norm/filled (%)

Laboratory scientific officer

…-/0

…-/0

…-/9

…-/3

Laboratory technologists

…0/11

…0/2

38/14(36.8)

24/10(41.7)

Laboratory technician

57/37(64.9)

18/23(127.8)

38/27(71.1)

18/27(150.0)

Laboratory assistants

57/55(96.5)

18/32(177.8)

19/47(247.4)

12/24(200.0)

Laboratory attendants

…-/

14

…-/

2

…-/

8

…-/

0

Microscopists

...-/6

…-/3

…-/4

…-/0

Janitors (cleaning staff)

…-/74

…-/23

…-/29

…-/7

Total (lab technician, assistant and technologist)

114/103(90.4)

36/57(158.3)

95/88(92.6)

54/61(113.0)

  1. Staffing norms [15]… - Staffing norm not yet set at national level