| As Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (MLPW) concludes under the theme “Laboratory Professionals – Get results” the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) says that this week is used to raise awareness of the important contributions and to reinforce the commitment of the Medical Laboratory Professionals to deliver the best medical laboratory services to patients and the Health Care Team.Guyana joined the rest of the world to celebrate Medical Laboratory Professional Week during the period April 22 to 26,Jerseys Cheap NFL, 2013.According to Ms. Candelle Walcott-Bostwick, Head,Arizona Diamondbacks Fernando Rodney Jersey, Conformity Assessment Department of the GNBS, medical laboratory teams are the cornerstone of accurate diagnoses for patients.She explained that the test results comprise approximately 70 percent of a patient’s medical record today. Whether it’s a routine health screen,wholesale jerseys, cancer diagnosis or blood donation, medical lab professionals care for patients in small communities and metropolitan areas.For all of these, the cure only begins when a diagnosis is made. This often depends critically on the work of professionals in the laboratory.Laboratory Week, which takes place the last full week in April each year,Cheap NFL Jerseys, is now in its 38th year of observances internationally and its 11th year in Guyana.Ms Walton-Bostwick said that without a laboratory management system, a laboratory has no recognized way of assuring its customers who include doctors, patients, insurance companies, embassies,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, regulatory authorities and other interested parties that the results provided after conducting the required tests on a sample are reliable.According to GNBS Public Relations Officer, Lloyd David, the bureau recognizes the contributions of Laboratory Professionals who have developed, implemented and maintained laboratory management systems within their laboratories to “Get accurate and reliable results”.He noted that laboratory results are very critical for decision making and the processes used to achieve those results must be controlled. The implementation of a laboratory management system meeting the requirements of the GYS 170 Standard, General requirements for the operation of a laboratory, provides a framework for a laboratory to ensure that it “gets results” which are accurate, reliable and useful to diagnose medical complications and prescribe the right medicines.Without a laboratory management system, David noted that a laboratory has no recognized way of assuring its customers who include doctors, patients, insurance companies, embassies, regulatory authorities and other interested parties that the results provided after conducting the required tests on a sample are reliable.The GNBS congratulates the Laboratory Professionals of all the certified laboratories including the Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital Laboratory,Andrew Desjardins Jersey, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation Medical Laboratory, the New Amsterdam Hospital Laboratory, Eureka Medical Laboratory, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Laboratory, Georgetown Medical Centre Laboratory, National Public Health Reference Laboratory, the Woodlands Hospital Laboratory and the GRDB Central Laboratory for their dedication and commitment towards implementing laboratory management systems in Guyana and playing a leading role in “getting results”.“The GNBS encourages medical professionals and persons requiring medical tests to fully utilize the services offered by these certified medical laboratories. The GNBS also would like to encourage other medical and testing laboratories that have not yet decided on implementing the laboratory management system to come onboard the GNBS Laboratory Programme.”>>>>>>>>>>Picture saved in Saturday as LabPage11 |
