The Department of Pathology at Tata Main Hospital (TMH) and MElAP (Medical Education and learning Point, New Delhi) in association with QCI (Quality Council of India) had organised a four-day internal auditors training programme at Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur from January 7 to 10 as per ISO 15189:2012 version and NABl 112 guidelines. The programme was inaugurated by lt. Gen (Retd.) Dr G Ramdas, General Manager, Medical Services, TMH. The function was attended by the Heads of the department and the delegates from different locations.
This programme, organized for the first time in Jamshedpur, was conducted by senior faculty and NABl assessors - Dr. Neeraj Jain and Dr. Sumeet Singhal from New Delhi, coordinated by Anil Saini (MElAP, Program Co-coordinator, New Delhi) and Dr. Minakshi Mishra (Head, Pathology, TMH). A total of 35 participants comprising Pathologists and lab technologists from Jamshedpur namely (Tata Main Hospital, Tata motors Hospital, JBB, lal's Pathlab) and other locations including Kolkata, Ranchi and Patna participated in the programme.
The programme aimed to make participants aware of International Quality Parameters followed in labs across the world, systems and processes with precision and strict quality control leading to accurate test results. The test results from a NABl accredited lab is accepted in more than 50 countries. While there are approximately 500 NABl accredited labs in India, in the State of Jharkhand, there are only three NABl accredited Pathology labs of which Dept. of Pathology at Tata Main Hospital is one of them which got accredited in March 2014.