American Hospital Dubai: News Details -
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Published on: 11/9/2006
Last Visited: 5/31/2008
"Without accurate pathology laboratory tests and the assessment of their results, there can be no accurate diagnosis of disease or effective treatment of patients," according to Dr. Aaron Han, Director, of the hospital's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.Dr. Han was speaking as the Hospital acknowledged the accreditation, for the third consecutive time, of its Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department, by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the United States' largest association for American Board Certified Laboratory Pathologists and the recognized world leader in laboratory quality assurance. The CAP confirmed the accreditation following a comprehensive examination of the laboratory by a team of physician inspectors working with a checklist of over 3,000 quality control items,reviewing the laboratory's policies and procedures, quality control procedures, equipment, facilities, safety program and staff qualifications.CAP congratulated the American Hospital Dubai for the "excellence of the services being provided".
The American Hospital Dubai's laboratory has a team of over 30 full-time qualified staff led by two American Board Certified Pathologists with subspecialties in Hematopathology (Dr. Aaron Han) and Dermatopathology (Dr. Reem El Bahtimi).