MLSCN Says Medical Laboratory Accreditation Ensures Accurate Test Result

The medical laboratory facilities in the country have been advised to accredit their programmes in order to upscale their services and ensure accurate and reliable test results.

Dr Tosan Erhabor, Registrar, Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), gave the advice in a statement signed by Mrs. Fidelia Ginikanwa, Head, Corporate Affairs Unit of the council, on Saturday in Abuja.

Erhabor, who spoke at the presentation of ISO 15189: 2012 certificate of accreditation to Lifebridge Medical Laboratory in Abuja,, said that accreditation was the hallmark of quality, not only in medical laboratories, but also in other systems.

According to him, such systems globally are now increasingly embracing accreditation. He went further to say in some countries, no medical laboratory facility is allowed to operate without accreditation.

He said that the council was ready to support as many medical laboratories in the country that were willing to key into the accreditation process.

According to him, patients expect and deserve the accurate and reliable medical laboratory results.

He further said that accreditation would stem the efflux of citizens to other countries in search of such opportunities

Erhabor said that it was in keeping with his pledge to turn around fortunes of the health laboratory systems that the council had accredited 14 facilities in recent times.

He said that the Independent Advisory Committee, led by eminent scientist, Prof Oyewole Tomori, recently approved the accreditation of three new facilities whose assessment had been concluded by the council.

The registrar assured stakeholders in the sector that the council would not unnecessarily delay the accreditation of any facility that had met the criteria for accreditation.