KMLTTB case studies
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The Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians & Technologist Board (KMLTTB) is the statutory regulator for laboratory medicine in Kenya, established in 2000 under Section 3 (2) of the Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Act, 1999 (CAP 253A Laws of Kenya). Its mandate is to exercise general supervision and control over the training, business, practice and employment of medical laboratory technicians and technologists, and to advise the Government on related matters. The KMLTTB case studies are 5 cases and about 4,318 words.
1Signing Out Reports When the Practising Licence Has Lapsed
You are a medical laboratory technologist at a 120-bed county referral hospital in western Kenya. The laboratory has two technologists; your colleague is on annual leave.
922 words, about 5 min2HIV Test Confidentiality, Partner Disclosure and a Donor Data Request
A 26-year-old woman attending antenatal clinic at a sub-county hospital tests HIV-positive on the national rapid testing algorithm, with two consecutive reactive tests. You are the laboratory technologist who performed and recorded the tests.
909 words, about 5 min3Internal Quality Control Failure Before a Renal Unit Run
In the chemistry section of a private hospital laboratory in Nairobi, you are the quality officer. The laboratory uses two levels of lyophilised IQC material for creatinine and ALT on a dry chemistry analyser.
826 words, about 4 min4Donated Analyser and Heat-Exposed Malaria RDTs
A county hospital laboratory receives two donations in one week. First, a used automated haematology analyser from a private hospital, with no installation records, no service history, and a printout showing a calibration performed 14 months ago.
820 words, about 4 min5Student Needlestick, Vendor CPD Certificates and Competency Sign-Off
You supervise six medical laboratory students on a 12-week attachment at a busy district hospital. On Wednesday, one student in her second year, who has not been signed off for phlebotomy, takes blood from a patient alone because the ward was short-staffed, and sustains a needlestick while recapping the needle.
841 words, about 4 min