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A special on CAP Accredited Labs in the UAE by Red Door Productions published by Khaleej TimesTRANSCRIPT
With a network of 275 laboratories in-cluding a state-of-the-art reference lab in Dubai healthcare City, SRL Diagnostics, part of Fortis healthcare, stands as a lead-ing integrated healthcare delivery service provider. Aside from the UAE, it has bases in india, Mauritius and Sri Lanka.
the organisation offers more than 1,500 tests, using the most advanced state-of-the-art technology supported by its expert med-ical faculty.
“today, SRL conducts over 100,000
simple and high-end tests in a day. the Dubai Lab is perhaps one of the largest test menus locally across various lab subspeci-alities like molecular diagnostics, haema-tology and coagulation, prenatal risk as-sessment, anatomic pathology, etc.,” said Mayur Sabhani, head of Operations SRL Diagnostics — Dubai.
the objective of its R&D division is to achieve tangible improvements in patients’ health, survival and quality of life through translational multidisciplinary research and knowledge management activities.
“to achieve these goals, SRL’s R&D divi-sion strives to develop, innovate and trans-late new tests and technologies in the field of clinical diagnostics, and also encourages
the dissemination and integration of this knowledge for achieving the highest stan-dards in lab medicine practices,” he said.
SRL believes in matching the global qual-ity standards. One of the key elements is accreditations and certifications by exter-nal boards and bodies.
“CAP standards are a integral part of our QA Programme, providing an effective tool to achieve continuous improvement in day-to-day operations and create a strong framework for long-term progress,” he added.
SRL has successfully established itself as a leading referral lab with CAP accredita-tion, which advocates excellence in pathol-ogy and laboratory medicine, and is globally recognised in more than 100 countries.
“the CAP accreditation of our Dubai Lab has helped us to gain the trust of numerous healthcare providers and patients across the GCC,” Sabhani concluded.
thE Center For Advanced Bio-medical Research and innovation (CABRi) was inaugurated on Janu-ary 13, 2014, by his highness Shaikh humaid bin Rashid Al Nu-aimi, Member of Supreme Council and Ruler of Ajman. CABRi has three main areas of function — clinical research, high complexity laboratory testing for super-speci-alities, and statistical support for analysis of clinical research data and the generation of evidence-based clinical practice.
in 2014-2015, many new super speciality tests have been launched by CABRi. they include Neo-natal Screening of infants for various in-born errors of metabolism, hLA B Allele Specific Sequencing, Beta thalassemia Mutation Detection by PCR, Chromosomal Analysis, Microarray based genetic testing and immunohistochemical assays for cancer screening.
the clinical research facility co-ordinates and collaborates with those in the industry for spon-sored research, enhances faculty-initiated research, and supports student research. Many students train part-time as research assis-tants to enhance their skills and experience. CABRi plays a major role in enhancing clinical research as envisaged by its Founder and President thumbay Moideen.
CABRi has widened its scope by way of industry tie-ups for studies in the area of occupational health and has developed affordable health and preventive packages for corporate employers to screen em-ployees for critical illnesses and health risks. the bio-analytical team of scientists of CABRi is closely involved in the industry to develop unique tests.
the Statistical Support facility of CABRi provides support to the industry in the analysis of data. CABRi also plays an important role in postgraduate teaching and training. Students have access to many specialised equipment, methods and technologies for hands-on training.
CABRi has been facilitating di-agnostic testing for the community at large through its growing clien-tele as well as research projects of students and faculty of Gulf Medi-cal University. CABRi aims to be one of the leading high complexity laboratories of the region and an innovation centre providing quality healthcare for communities as well as producing high-quality biomed-ical research.
Recently, CABRi has been ac-credited by the College of American Pathologists, a unique achievement that positions CABRi as the only CAP-accredited laboratory in the Northern Emirates. With this im-portant feather in its cap, CABRi is planning to introduce more new and unique high complexity tests in the days ahead. the thumbay Group envisages that similar ac-creditations are obtained for all its chain of hospitals and laboratories situated in different emirates, which will position them as leaders in the healthcare industry of the UAE.
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Setting the bar high
ThE College of American Patholo-gists (CAP) is a leading organisa-tion of prominent pathologists, who promote excellence in the
field of pathology and laboratory medi-cine. its various accreditation programmes — laboratory, forensic drug testing, biore-pository, reproductive and CAP 15189 — are aimed at improving patient safety. the
organisation achieves this by setting the bar high.
With quality education, standard setting, and ensuring that laboratories meet or ex-ceed their regulatory requirements, CAP has ensured efficiency and accuracy in the medical field. A lab is awarded CAP ac-creditation only after a thorough process.
Once a facility successfully acquires a CAP accreditation, it becomes part of an exclusive group of more than 7,000 labora-tories worldwide. these laboratories take pride in the fact that they have met the highest standards of excellence.
CAP accreditation can have a positive influence on performance in other areas of healthcare by allowing laboratories to dem-onstrate high standards of service delivery. Utilising teams of laboratory professionals
as inspectors, CAP accreditation pro-grammes have gained internationally rec-ognition. the entire process is holistic and goes beyond the regulatory compliances.
Positively impacting patient care, CAP in-spects and accredits thousands of medical facilities globally. these include hospital laboratories as well as commercial laborato-ries and contract research organisations.
The Center For Advanced Biomedical Research and Innovation is closely involved in the development of clinical practice
SRL has successfully established itself as a leading referral lab with CAP accreditation
Quality healthcare for communities
Developing clinical diagnostics
Positively impacting patient care, CAP inspects and accredits thousands of medical facilities globally
Sadiq Shaban
Farhana Chowdhury
Gulf meDical university
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