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2024 | Volume 3, Issue 1
Acknowledgments
We thank the Addis Ababa University Research
Ethics Committee for their assistance in providing
the permission letter to conduct this study. We
also gratefully acknowledge the Addis Ababa
University Laboratory School, the Ethiopian National
Accreditation O昀케ce, and each of the respective
accredited medical laboratories.
Author contributions
Conceptualization: Zewdu Ayele
Abawa, Abay Sisay Misganaw
Resource: Zewdu Ayele Abawa
Methodology: Zewdu Ayele Abawa, Abay Sisay
Misganaw, Alemayehu Nigatu
Data curation: Zewdu Ayele Abawa, Abay Sisay
Misganaw
Formal analysis: Zewdu Ayele Abawa, Abay Sisay
Misganaw
Validation: Abay Sisay Misganaw
Writing - Review & Editing: Zewdu Ayele Abawa, Abay
Sisay Misganaw
Supporting information
S1 Appendix III: List of CABs accredited by ENAO and
included in this study.
S2 Figure 1: Map of Ethiopia with cities where
accredited healthcare facilities are located, 2021.
S3 Table 1: Demographic characteristics of the study
area of public and private healthcare facilities (n=46),
Ethiopia, 2021
S4 Table 2: Demographic characteristics of
respondents from public and private health facilities
who participated in this study (n= 276), Ethiopia, 2021.
S5 Figure 2: Accreditation utilization statuses in
Ethiopia, 2021
S6 Table 3: Accreditation trends in Ethiopia from the
beginning (2013) to 2021
S7 Table 4: Impact of laboratory personnel,
management, competency, training and regulatory
follow-up practices on accreditation utilization in
accredited healthcare laboratories, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, 2021.
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