Armed Forces Institute of Pathology receives ISO-15189 accreditation by PNAC
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 8:19:45 by Fayyaz Yaseen
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology receives ISO-15189 accreditation by PNAC
Rawalpindi – June 12, 2012: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Rawalpindi was awarded ISO-15189 accreditation by Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC), in a prestigious ceremony held at Islamabad.
Honorable Minister for Science & Technology Mir Changez Khan Jamali was the chief guest at the occasion. All six laboratories (departments) of AFIP were simultaneously accredited for this highly coveted achievement. AFIP becomes
the pioneer institution in the whole country to have satisfactorily met the criteria as per ISO-15198.
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Rawalpindi is one of the premier health care establishments of Pakistan Armed Forces. Ever since its inception, it has gone from strength to strength in its stated mission of provision of diagnostic
facilities, imparting postgraduate training in many disciplines of pathology and promotion of research and development activities.
As a quality conscious establishment, the institute has stringent protocols for the analysis, performance and systematic efforts to improve it. It received its ISO 9001-2008 certification in 2009. The recent accreditation is based
on ISO-15189 standards which specify requirements for accreditation, quality and competence particular to medical laboratories.
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Posted by Fayyaz Yaseen
on Jun 12 2012. Filed under Pakistan.
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