Training and Workshops

Customized Training & Workshops For Your Laboratory

Since 2010, we have been developing and organizing training solutions across 80+ countries both at the system and facility level.

Our comprehensive training offer includes 90+ modules, with 50+ practical implementation workshops, tailored to meet the needs of laboratory specialists in human, veterinary, food and water laboratories.

We also offer specialized courses for epidemiologists, health economists, national coordination specialists, and more.

Our training is adapted to various expertise levels, from comprehensive subjects like Quality Management Systems (QMS) to highly specialized topics such as In-Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices (IVDMD) regulations.

Our courses are led by an experienced team of laboratory experts, microbiologists, pathologists, veterinarians, quality and regulatory specialists.

Delivered in up to 9 languages — English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Armenian, Thai, Vietnamese and Khmer — our training and workshop sessions can be organized:

In-country at the national, district and laboratory level
At our Training Hub in Lyon, France
Online within our Distance Learning platform

Need a training for your laboratory?

Contact us by filling in the training request form as a funder or a beneficiary. Our team will promptly reach out to you to discuss a tailored solution for your needs.

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Featured Trainings

Biosafety & Biosecurity

BSS-03 Biosafety and biosecurity on-site support for medical laboratories

Duration: 5 days

Target audience: Biosafety managers and laboratory staff

Participant number: 10 to 20

Performed for 20+ countries

Download syllabus: EN, FR

Laboratory System Activities

LSA-07 Laboratory system implementation workshop for human and veterinary laboratories

Duration: 5 days

Target audience: Central and peripheral senior lab specialists, ministry specialists in charge of national lab network management

Participant number: 10 to 25

Performed for 10+ countries

Download syllabus: EN, FR, RU

Quality Management Systems

QM-01 QMS for human health laboratories – level 1

Duration: 4 days

Target audience: Quality managers and substitutes

Participant number: 10 to 20

Performed for 20+ countries

Download syllabus: EN, FR

IQLS Training Module Catalog

1- Strengthening laboratories

1.1- Bench-level training

Code	Module title	Duration (days)	Syllabus
BL-01	Basic bacteriology: from culture media preparation to AST reporting	10	EN, FR
BL-02	Advanced bacteriology: strengthening antibiotic resistance testing and surveillance	10	EN, FR
BL-03	Bacteriology: culture media preparation, selection and use for V/W/F labs	10	Request
BL-04	Bacteriology: implementation of a comprehensive culture media preparation unit	10	Request
BL-05	Serology for human health laboratories	3	Request
BL-06	Serology for veterinary laboratories	3	Request
BL-07	TB bench-level training (microscopy, culture/DST, LPA, GeneXpert)	5	Request
BL-08	Molecular biology for human health laboratories	5	Request
BL-09	Molecular biology for veterinary laboratories	5	Request
BL-10	Molecular biology with emphasis on coronavirus	3	Request
BL-11	Molecular biology with emphasis on influenza and influenza variants (H/V)	5	Request
BL-12	Serology with emphasis on coronavirus	3	Request
BL-13	Malaria microscopy (according to WHO criteria)	5	Request
BL-14	Food safety microbiology	5	Request
BL-15	HIV bench-level		Request
BL-16	Veterinary academic training on 4 emerging diseases: Lumpy Skin disease, Epidemic Diarrhea in Swine, Peste des petits ruminants, African Horse sickness		Request

1.2- Biosafety & Biosecurity

Code	Module title	Duration (days)	Syllabus
BSS-01	Biosafety and biosecurity on-site support for human heath laboratories	10	Request
BSS-02	Biosafety and biosecurity on-site support for veterinary laboratories	6	Request
BSS-03	Biosafety practices and risk assessment for medical laboratories	5	EN, FR
BSS-04	Biosafety practices and risk assessment for veterinary laboratories	5	Request
BSS-05	TB laboratory biosafety training	5	Request
BSS-06	BSL-3 laboratory biosafety (Container BSL3)	10	Request
BSS-07	National laboratory biosafety manual development	5	Request
BSS-08	Practical biosafety for BSL-2 laboratories (TH)	5	Request
BSS-09	Advanced biosafety and biosecurity for laboratory personnel in high-risk CBRN environments	5	EN

1.3- Equipment

Code	Module title	Duration (days)	Syllabus
E-01	Equipment maintenance and management for human health laboratories	4	Request
E-02	Equipment maintenance for veterinary laboratories	4	Request
E-03	Metrology training for laboratories at training hub	5	Request
E-04	National metrology unit implementation	15	Request

1.4- Outbreak control

Code	Module title	Duration (days)	Syllabus
OC-01	Strengthening crisis and outbreak response: laboratory preparedness simulation training	5	EN, FR
OC-02	Setting up a field laboratory	3	Request
OC-03	Covid simulation		Request

1.5- Other training

Code	Module title	Duration (days)	Syllabus
O-01	Basics of biostatistics for lab specialists – level 1	3	Request
O-02	Basics of biostatistics for lab specialists with MS Excel – level 2	3	Request
O-03	Basics of laboratory science for epidemiologists	4	Request
O-04	Basics of data management for medical labs	1	Request

2- Reinforcing laboratory systems

Code	Module title	Duration (days)	Syllabus
LSA-01	Reference laboratories and referral system workshops 1 & 2	4×2	Request
LSA-02	Tiered level laboratory system workshop for human health laboratories	4	Request
LSA-03	Tiered level laboratory system workshop for veterinary laboratories	4	Request
LSA-04	Local/district laboratory networking capacities development workshop	10	Request
LSA-05	Laboratory strategy document and action plan development for outbreak response	3	Request
LSA-06	Diagnostic algorithms workshop	8	Request
LSA-07	Lab system implementation workshop for human and veterinary laboratories	5	EN, FR, RU
LSA-08	National biobank management training & workshop	2	Request
LSA-09	In vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDMD) regulatory frameworks	4	Request
LSA-10	In vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDMD): selection, assessment, and validation	4	Request
LSA-11	Brucella control program implementation	4	Request
LSA-12	Brucella control strategic plan development	4	Request
LSA-13	Development of a national human lab system strategic and implementation plan	5	Request
LSA-14	Development of a national veterinary/food safety lab system strategic and implementation plan	5	Request
LSA-15	Development of a national TB lab system strategic and implementation plan	5	Request
LSA-16	National specimen management and referral system guideline development		Request

3- Assessing laboratories and lab systems

Code	Module title	Duration (days)	Syllabus
A-01	Human laboratory facility assessment and training	3-10	Request
A-02	Veterinary laboratory facility assessment and training	3-10	Request
A-03	Human lab system assessment	4	Request
A-04	Vet/food safety lab system assessment	4	Request
A-05	Specimen transport system assessment	5-10	Request
A-06	AMR/AST program assessment	5-10	Request
A-07	TB laboratory assessment	3-10	Request
A-08	HIV laboratory assessment	3-10	Request
A-09	Malaria laboratory assessment	3-10	Request
A-10	GIS mapping of laboratory assessment data together with MS Excel	5	Request
A-11	TB laboratory system assessment	4	Request
A-12	Biosafety and biosecurity assessment for human and veterinary labs	3-10	Request

4- Improving quality

4.1- Quality Management Systems (QMS)

Code	Module title	Duration (days)	Syllabus
QM-01	QMS for human health laboratories – level 1	4*2	EN, FR
QM-02	QMS for veterinary laboratories – level 1	4*2	Request
QM-03	QMS for human health and veterinary laboratories – level 2	4	Request
QM-04	Risk management tools: basic elements and application of FMEA in human health laboratories	1	Request
QM-05	QMS for laboratory management	1	Request
QM-06	ISO 901 for laboratories – level 1	5	Request
QM-07	ISO 901 for laboratories – level 2	5	Request
QM-08	ISO 901 Documentation development workshop	5	Request
QM-09	ISO 15189 Medical laboratories: requirements for quality and competence	5	Request
QM-10	ISO 15189 Laboratory quality manual development	5	Request
QM-11	ISO 17025:2017 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories	5	Request
QM-12	ISO 17025:2017 Laboratory quality manual development	5	Request
QM-13	WHO LQSI for ISO 15189: computerized MS Excel tool training	2	Request
QM-14	Internal quality control for laboratories	2	Request
QM-15	ISO standards for laboratory specialists (H/V/F/W)	5	Request
QM-16	Malaria laboratory QMS training	5	Request
QM-17	TB laboratory management training	10	Request
QM-18	Laboratory Quality Management System (based on 12 QSEs)	5	Request

4.2- External Quality Assessment (EQA)

Code	Module title	Duration (days)	Syllabus
EQA-01	National laboratory EQA on bacterial pathogens: workshop	5	EN
EQA-02	National laboratory EQA on bacterial pathogens: interface	2	EN
EQA-03	National laboratory EQA on bacterial pathogens: bench-level training	6	EN
EQA-04	National laboratory EQA on Brucella serology	4	Request
EQA-05	National laboratory EQA on COVID-19 PCR	4	Request
EQA-06	EQA programs organization according to ISO 17043	5	Request

5- Implementing laboratory software

Code	Module title	Duration (days)	Syllabus
S-01	WHONET for AST data management and reporting	3	Request
S-02	iqLIS: installation and use	3	Request
S-03	iqLIS: installation, administration and maintenance	2	Request
S-04	Malaria slide rechecking management software	5	Request
S-05	TB slide rechecking management software	5	Request
S-06	LabCompanion for lab network management – level 1	5	Request
S-07	LabCompanion for lab network management – level 2	5	Request