Standards, provenance and limits
What the instrument is anchored to, where the data on this system comes from, and what eSLIPTA does not do.
What the checklist is anchored to
The SLIPTA checklist is organised around the quality-management requirements set out in ISO 15189:2022, Medical laboratories — Requirements for quality and competence. Each question in the tool carries the clause it relates to, so a finding can be traced from the answer back to the requirement behind it.
The corrective-action workflow follows the same standard's treatment of nonconformity: an action is not complete when it has been carried out, but when its effectiveness has been reviewed. That is why this system has a separate verification step instead of a single "done" tick — collapsing the two is the most common way a quality system records a problem as closed while the cause is still there.
About the data on this system
The audit results visible in this system are demonstration data. They were generated for evaluation and training. They are not real audits, they do not describe any real laboratory's quality management system, and no star rating shown here reflects a real laboratory.
The underlying reference lists — countries, administrative areas and laboratory names — are drawn from public geographic sources so that the system can be evaluated against realistic structures. Contact details attached to those laboratories are deliberately unreachable: addresses use the reserved .example domain and telephone numbers use a reserved international prefix that cannot be dialled, so no demonstration record can ever reach a real party.
What eSLIPTA does not do
- It does not grant accreditation. Accreditation is awarded by an accreditation body through a separate formal process. A star rating from this tool is recognition of progress, and nothing more.
- It does not replace an official audit. It is the instrument an audit is recorded in, not an authority that certifies one took place.
- It does not decide whether a laboratory is safe or competent. It measures a quality management system against a checklist, which is one input among several.
- It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any organisation named in the standards it references. Citing a standard is not a claim of endorsement by its publisher.
Questions people ask first
Does it really work with no internet?
Yes, entirely. After signing in once with a connection, the device holds the checklist and the laboratory details it needs. Answers, observations and attached documents are stored on the device and sent later. The audit does not behave differently offline.
What happens if the device is lost before it syncs?
Work that has not been sent is on that device only. This is why the sync screen exists and why teams are asked to sync before a device leaves them. The system tells you plainly what has not yet been sent rather than implying everything is safe.
Can two people audit the same laboratory at once?
Yes. If the same record is changed in two places, the server does not silently pick a winner — the conflict is surfaced and resolved rather than one person's work disappearing.
Can someone change an audit after it has been signed off?
The signature is bound to the exact figures signed against. If the answers change afterwards, that binding no longer matches, so the change is detectable rather than invisible.
Who can see our laboratory's result?
People within your scope. A national user sees their own country. Wider views aggregate rather than exposing individual results to people outside the scope they belong to.
Is it free to use, and what does it cost to run?
The tool is provided for use by the laboratories and programmes it was built for. It requires no licence per device and runs on ordinary Android phones and tablets and in any modern browser.
What languages does it support?
English, French and Portuguese.