An Accredited Laboratory!
ChemScreen Lab staff with visiting accreditation team
What is an Accredited Medical Laboratory?
Medical Laboratories are responsible for the delivery of accurate timely reliable results to the medical team that will assist in the diagnosis treatment and monitoring of diseases and disorders.
When a Laboratory is accredited, this ensures that the Medical Laboratory is delivering quality results.
As an Accredited Laboratory ChemScreen Laboratory Services engages a Quality Management System that is made up of many components which ensures that our mode of operation is of the highest quality.
ChemScreen Laboratory Services is accredited with the ISO 15189:2022 standard. This standard is specific for Medical Laboratories. It encompasses:
The Management system
The Personnel, qualifications and continuous training
The physical environment
Pre testing, testing and post testing procedure
Procurement of Supplies and Reagents
Equipment used
Proficiency testing
It gives our clients confidence in the quality of the Medical Laboratory we are and verifies our integrity, impartiality and demonstrates our competence.
Is an Approved Lab the same as an Accredited Laboratory?
No, they are not the same. Accreditation gives more confidence in the quality of the tests as the standards are more robust.
ChemScreen Laboratory Services Inc. is both Approved and Accredited.
Approved by the Ministry of Health & Wellness of Barbados.
And Accredited Internationally to the ISO 15189 Standard.
Why use an accredited laboratory?
When you use a Laboratory that is accredited you are assured that the laboratory is competent to perform specific types of testing and that they are providing quality results. You can be assured that they are running the appropriate controls for patient results you can trust.
What is Involved?
Proficiency Testing
Accredited Laboratories have to be involved in external proficiency testing. What does this mean?
This is the process where samples with unknown amounts of tests substances are sent to our laboratory. We analyse them and return the results to the provider. Our results are then compared to results received from Laboratories all over the world. We are graded based on how well our results compare the correct result of the substance tested and the results of other Laboratories also.
Annual Assessment
This is where a team from the accreditation body visits the Laboratory and goes through your processes to verify that you are performing at the required standard. It is an intense process which reviews documentation at all levels from sample requisition and collection to report validation and many other practices involved in the laboratory. The team also verifies that any previous accreditation is being maintained and reviews results from internal and external audits. Any deficiencies noted by the visiting team must be corrected.