In the Indian Health system, unlike the secondary healthcare, the tertiary healthcare in India lacks standards for service provision. The Labs for Life project set out to develop a set of guidelines for medical colleges through two consultation meetings with various stakeholders, such as Directors of Medical Education, State Health Officials, Principals of Government Medical Colleges, MCI representatives, CDC representatives, FIND officials, BD representatives, NHM Officials and Directorate General of Health Services representatives. These consultations resulted in the development of this guideline for Government Medical Colleges with 15 specific areas, including tests, equipment, human resources, quality management, laboratory monitoring mechanism, unsupervised lab and tests, sample collection, infection control, antimicrobial resistance, inventory management, resources allocation, IT and LIS, communication, documentation, and sample referral system.

This zipped folder contains powerpoint slides on various components under Material Management. These slides can be used for training purposes and are downloadable.