The Spice Isle Imaging Centre Inc Laboratory has made historical past as the primary and solely medical testing lab in Grenada to attain accreditation from JANAAC International Accreditation to the ISO 15189:2012 customary. This certification pertains to medical testing in haematology and transfusion medication.
The ISO 15189:2012 customary outlines the necessities for high quality and competence in medical laboratories. Accreditation to this customary confirms a laboratory’s skill to ship dependable diagnostic testing, making certain they meet the well being and social service wants of varied stakeholders, together with sufferers and the scientific personnel chargeable for their care. This accreditation underscores the laboratory’s dedication to sustaining excessive requirements in diagnostic companies, enhancing belief and confidence within the healthcare system.
Chief Government Officer of JANAAC International Accreditation, Sharonmae Walker, in her remarks, stated that attaining ISO15189:2012 certification is a significant achievement for a Caribbean nation.
“The medical testing customary is essential as a result of it impacts all of us in our every day lives [in terms of] well being and wellness … . It is rather vital for JANAAC in Jamaica to help Grenada as you, too, stand tall with the remainder of the accredited evaluation our bodies globally who can declare that your outcomes could be trusted,” she stated.
“Your outcomes can be utilized by your residents wherever they go on the earth … . Accreditation assures the integrity, the transparency, and high quality that facilitates the acceptance of products and companies inside your nation, however better of all, globally,” she added.
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Addressing the official digital Accreditation Awards Ceremony held on Wednesday, October 23, Minister of Trade, Funding and Commerce Senator Aubyn Hill stated the achievement exemplifies JANAAC’s dedication to partnering with medical establishments to foster a dependable healthcare system throughout the Caribbean.
Prime Minister of Grenada Dickon Mitchell, in his tackle, famous that the achievement just isn’t solely a win for Spice Isle Imaging, but additionally for the nation’s whole healthcare system.
“It opens the door to raised analysis, improved affected person care, and stronger public confidence in our well being companies. With this accreditation, we will now interact in regional and worldwide partnerships that may profit Grenada’s healthcare sector and permit us to face shoulder to shoulder with different nations within the area, pleased with the standard of care that we offer,” he stated.
He famous that the accreditation ensures that the outcomes delivered by the laboratory are of the very best high quality and could be trusted by healthcare suppliers and sufferers alike.
Mitchell counseled JANAAC, noting that the entity’s partnership with Grenada “represents a shared imaginative and prescient of well being fairness, transparency and integrity in medical testing and positively aligns with our imaginative and prescient in Grenada to enhance, to the very best worldwide customary, the nation’s healthcare system,” he stated.
JANAAC (Jamaica Nationwide Company for Accreditation) gives accreditation companies to 77 conformity evaluation our bodies throughout 11 nations in CARICOM, together with laboratories, inspection, and certification companies. It’s the solely internationally acknowledged accreditation physique within the English-speaking Caribbean, holding full membership and government illustration on the Worldwide Laboratory Cooperation and the Inter American Accreditation Cooperation Government Committees. Moreover, JANAAC is the only real accreditation physique with 10 out of 11 scopes acknowledged by the United States Food and Drug Administration below its accredited third-party certification program, highlighting its dedication to sustaining excessive requirements in varied sectors.
