ESTABLISHING AN EMERGENCY TEAM: LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

Relationship building

Selection of team members

Distribution of task

Administration team

Operational team

appoint leaders

acknowledge teammates expertise

to deal with the higher organization such as MOH

to organize the operation

Technical team

Purchasing team

Registration, reporting & SIMKA team

Swab team

Heat inactivation & unboxing team

RNA extraction team

RT PCR team

to set up the laboratory

to involve in sanitization process

to ensure the staffs adhere to SOP

to handle the procurement of equipments/reagents

to handle documentation and payment

to organize sample registration in SIMKA

liaise with MKAK/PKD for any issues regarding registration

to involve in sample collection and transportation

to appoint a doctor for sample collection

to unbox the samples for test

heat inactivation to inactivate the virus

to extract RNA

to perform RT PCR

to analyse data

to report in SIMKA/call PKD for positive cases

identify location

optimize the workflow

identify and optimize the bottleneck process

identify knowledge

identify resources

Agility & adaptability

able to recognize resources

able to analyze availability

able to counter problems at the right time

Decision making

able to decide the right equipment needed at the right time

choose the right method for testing

Sensitivity

Simplicity

Specificity

Staff motivation

Ensure sufficient staff

Get a proper schedule

Provide training

Two-way communication

Give enough rest

Conflict management

Problems & issues

able to troubleshoot sample contamination issues

able to work fast without jeopardizing the quality of testing

able to find source to overcome budget

manage to organize the staff scheduling and ensure well-being of all staffs

provide back up plan to overcome shortage of equipment

able to adapt to changes

able make decision at short period of time

able to analyze pros and cons