Medical Laboratories

• Accredits third-party medical laboratories.
• Assists medical laboratories develop a quality management system to ensure ISO 15189 and ISO 9001 requirements are met
• Establishes inbuilt processes to educate laboratories to assess their own competence and personnel.
• Assists in improving quality patient care, needs of patients and clinical personnel whom are responsible for the care of patients.
• Increases health safety, confidentiality, ethical reporting practices and patient management.
• The current IAS proposed scope available for applicant and accredited medical laboratories are as follows:
  • Clinical Biochemistry (sub-scope: Toxicology), Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Pathology, Genetics (sub-scope: Cytogenetics), Haematology, Histopathology [sub-scopes: Cytopathology (Cytology) Hospital Autopsy], Immunology, Medical Imaging, Molecular Pathology, Nuclear Medicine, Point-of-care Testing (POCT), Pharmacology

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