The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) joins with the rest of Guyana and the world to celebrate Medical Laboratory Professional Week during the period April 22 to 28, 2012 under the theme: “Laboratory Professionals – Get results”.
More specifically, the GNBS takes this opportunity to recognize the contributions of Laboratory Professionals who have developed, implemented and maintained laboratory management systems within their laboratories to “Get accurate and reliable results”.
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, 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 Guyana National Bureau of Standards congratulates the Laboratory Professionals of the Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital Laboratory, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation Medical Laboratory, Eureka Medical Laboratory, Sigma Labs –New Market Street, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Laboratory Georgetown Medical Centre Laboratory, National Public Health Reference Laboratory and the Woodlands Hospital 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 the Top Management and Laboratory Professionals of the remaining laboratories that have not yet decided on implementing the laboratory management system, to reflect on the theme for this year and take the necessary steps to “get results”.
For further information please contact the GNBS on telephone numbers: 219-0065 or 219-0066 or visit the GNBS website: www. gnbsgy.org
