From 9^th to 12^th January 2018, INES staff have got training on “General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories”. This training was organized by Rwanda Standards Board, RSB in collaboration with INES-Ruhengeri to help INES staff to increase the capacity and be updated on ISO/IEC 17025:2005.

The following were main objectives of the training:

• Understand what Quality Management System is
• Understand principals of Quality Management System  
• Understand all the elements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005
• Understand what accreditation is and its benefits

INES has many laboratories like:

• Material testing laboratory
• Hydraulic laboratory
• Water quality laboratory
• Food processing unit
• Food Microbiology laboratory
• Clinical Microbiology laboratory
• Parasitology laboratory
• Molecular biology
• Phlebotomy and Anatomy laboratory
• Histopathology laboratory
• Chemistry laboratory
• Haematology and Immunohematology laboratory
• Clinical Chemistry laboratory
• Tissu culture laboratory
• Surveying laboratory
• Computer laboratory

For better use of these laboratories, the training is needed in quality management, on accreditation, calibration, ISO elements etc.

Training was attended by 26 INES staff: lab analysts, lab technicians and tutorial assistants.