AGA KHAN, NEQAS POOL RESOURCES TO ENSURE QUALITY IN LABORATORY TESTS - 2003-02-17

The Aga Khan Hospital Nairobi Laboratory, has been working with the National External Quality Assurance Scheme (NEQAS) in the UK, the Centres for Disease Control in US, and the Aga Khan University in Pakistan to ensure that the clinical tests carried out by the laboratory meet international quality standards. The NEQAS covers haematology work where tests are done for blood disorders such as anaemia, leukaemia, sickle cell disease and parasitic infections in the blood. The scheme requires the Aga Khan Hospital to analyse blood samples submitted by NEQAS to check the accuracy of the work carried out by the hospital